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spatula |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spatula \Spat"u*la\ (?; 135), n. [L. spatula, spathula, dim. of spatha a spatula: F. spatule. See {Spade} for digging.] An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc Cf {Palette knife}, under {Palette}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spatula n 1: a cooking utensil with a narrow flexible blade 2: a tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances
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