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spatula

spatula

32 1.5
A flat, thin tool with a handle for lifting and turning food like pancakes
  • noun
  • /ˈspætʃələ/
: espátula
  • You can use a spatula to flip the pancake without breaking it.

President Biden, that's that's like licking the frosting right off the spatula.

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Examples

  • You can make the batter in a bowl with a spatula; no mixer is required.

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  • I'm going to use this spatula and brush the chocolate up the side so the side is smooth.

  • This is the biggest spatula I have ever seen.

  • "What happened to the metal spatula that I like using to get the cookies off?"

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  • You better use that spatula.

  • Oh, look, it's my spatula.

  • I mean, I'm using my fish spatula because just for fish.

  • So I'll put a little bit, take a spatula and just fold it in.

  • If the dough sticks, dip the spatula in a little water between flattening cookies.

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  • All right, So we're putting the tofu in the pan, and then you just break it up with the little spatula, taking the spices.

Synonyms

food turner
vsspatula
1 3.0

A flat, flexible tool with a long handle for turning pancakes or eggs

is broader, used also for mixing spreading and lifting soft substances

How Flexible

spatula
32 1.5
wooden spoon
11 1.0

Surface Forms

spatula singular
spatulas plural

Etymology

The word spatula comes from the Latin spatula, a 'small flat tool', and from spatha meaning 'broad blade'. So a spatula is a flat tool you use to lift, spread, or turn food.