Meaning

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

    Pfannenwender, Bratenwender

    лопа́точкаlopátočka, лопа́ткаlopátka

    шпа́тельšpátelʹ

  2. (Canada, US)A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.

  3. (dated)A palette knife.

    Spachtelmesser

  4. A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.

    Spatel

    шпа́тельšpátelʹ

    a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances

  5. (UK)A tongue depressor.

  6. A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.

  7. A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.

Examples

24 sentences
  1. I need to buy a spatula.

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  2. Tom took a spatula out of the drawer.

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  3. Tom asked Mary if he could borrow a spatula and a frying pan.

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  4. My kitchen help has the intelligence of a spatula.

    deMeine Küchenhilfe hat die Intelligenz eines Pfannenwenders.

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  5. I need a spatula.

    deIch brauche einen Spachtel.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
kitchen utensil for turning and lifting:
Русский
By meaning 2
kitchen utensil for turning and lifting:
thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
kitchen utensil for turning and lifting:
palette knife:
thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or fla

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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