spatula
(noun) a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances
spatula
(noun) a turner with a narrow flexible blade
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spatula (plural spatulas or spatulae or spatulæ)
A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
Synonyms: fish slice, fish trowel, turner, pancake turner, flipper
(North America) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
Synonyms: scraper, dough scraper
(dated) A palette knife.
(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
(entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.
Source: Wiktionary
Spat"u*la, n. Etym: [L. spatula, spathula, dim. of spatha a spatula: F. spatule. See Spade for digging.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
