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SPAT-y-uh-l-uh/ˈspætjələ/

A spatula is a kitchen tool with a wide flat end, used for turning pancakes or spreading icing. Countable: a spatula, spatulas. A spoon is round and for eating or stirring; a knife cuts. Mix-up: spatula vs spatial (about space, later) — extra i; and spatula vs spaghetti (pasta).

Meaning

A kitchen tool with a wide flat end, used for turning or spreading food.

Examples

• “Turn the pancake with a spatula.”
• “The pancake stuck because I had no spatula.”
• “Wash the spatula after the cake icing.”

Good to know

a spatula (flat, turn / spread). Contrast: spoon (round), knife (cuts). Mix-up: spaghetti.

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