spatula

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.

   "With this spatula I can eat faster than I could with two forks.

Borrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Doublet of spauld; compare spatha and spathe.

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