"spatula" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspætjʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃələ/ Audio: en-us-spatula.ogg [US] Forms: spatulas [plural], spatulae [plural], spatulæ [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)peh₂-}}, {{bor|en|la|spatula||a flat piece}} Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), {{m|la|spatha||broad or flat tool}} spatha (“broad or flat tool”), {{der|en|grc|σπάθη||a broad wood or metal blade}} Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”), {{doublet|en|spauld}} Doublet of spauld, {{m|en|spatha}} spatha, {{m|en|spathe}} spathe Head templates: {{en-noun|s|spatulae|spatulæ}} spatula (plural spatulas or spatulae or spatulæ)
  1. 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, kitchen turner, cooking turner, flipper Translations (kitchen utensil for turning and lifting): ⁧مِلْعَقَةُ الصَيْدَلِيِّ⁩ (milʕaqatu ṣ-ṣaydaliyyi) (Arabic), ⁧ملاس⁩ (millās) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), բահիկ (bahik) (Armenian), лапатка (lapatka) [feminine] (Belarusian), лапатачка (lapatačka) [feminine] (Belarusian), কাফগীর (kafgīr) (Bengali), sinduk (Brunei Malay), шпатула (špatula) (Bulgarian), espàtula [feminine] (Catalan), giradora [feminine] (Catalan), girapeix [masculine] (Catalan), 鑊鏟 (Chinese Cantonese), 镬铲 (wok⁶ caan²) (Chinese Cantonese), 鍋鏟 (Chinese Mandarin), 锅铲 (guōchǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), obracečka [feminine] (Czech), palet [common-gender] (Danish), paletkniv [common-gender] (Danish), spatel [common-gender] (Dutch), truleto (Esperanto), spatelo (Esperanto), lasta (Finnish), spatule [feminine] (French), espátula [feminine] (Galician), palitchette [feminine] (Gallo), Pfannenwender [masculine] (German), σπάτουλα (spátoula) [feminine] (Greek), spaði [masculine] (Icelandic), sendok (Indonesian), spadal [masculine] (Irish), spatola [feminine] (Italian), paletta [feminine] (Italian), (hera) (alt: へら) (Japanese), スパーテル (supāteru) (Japanese), フライ返し (furaigaeshi) (english: slotted spatula) (alt: フライがえし) (Japanese), វែកកូរ (vɛɛk kou) (Khmer), 뒤집개 (dwijipgae) (Korean), spatula [feminine] (Latin), rutabulum [neuter] (Latin), ло́патче (lópatče) [neuter] (Macedonian), sudip (Malay), koko (Maori), sclise (Middle English), хусуур (xusuur) (Mongolian), bee náʼayooʼniłí (Navajo), hevstîv (Northern Kurdish), spatûla (Northern Kurdish), stekespade (Norwegian), ⁧مابلاق⁩ (mablak) (Ottoman Turkish), ⁧کفگیر⁩ (kafgir) (Persian), Scheppelkje [neuter] (Plautdietsch), łopatka kuchenna [feminine] (Polish), szpatułka kuchenna [feminine] (Polish), espátula [feminine] (Portuguese), лопа́точка (lopátočka) [feminine] (Russian), лопа́тка (lopátka) [feminine] (Russian), espátula [feminine] (Spanish), stekspade [common-gender] (Swedish), espatula (Tagalog), кафгир (kafgir) (Tajik), ตะหลิว (dtà-lǐu) (Thai), spatula (Turkish), шпа́тель (špátelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), dao bay (Vietnamese), que phết (Vietnamese), ⁧שפּאַטל⁩ (shpatl) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-spatula-en-noun-8OLa2e5S Disambiguation of 'kitchen utensil for turning and lifting': 49 28 2 4 15 3
  2. (Canada, US) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls. Tags: Canada, US Synonyms: scraper, dough scraper
    Sense id: en-spatula-en-noun-VBsGwtIP Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
  3. (dated) A palette knife. Tags: dated Translations (palette knife): palet [common-gender] (Danish), paletkniv [common-gender] (Danish), spatel [common-gender] (Dutch), steker [masculine] (Dutch), palettiveitsi (Finnish), Spachtelmesser [neuter] (German), mestichino [masculine] (Italian), paletta [feminine] (Italian), spatola [feminine] (Italian), ⁧مابلاق⁩ (mablak) (Ottoman Turkish), espatula (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-spatula-en-noun-KIyuuj0o Disambiguation of 'palette knife': 3 3 85 5 1 3
  4. (chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials): шпатэль (špatelʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), шпатула (špatula) [feminine] (Bulgarian), spatel [common-gender] (Danish), spatel [common-gender] (Dutch), spaatteli (Finnish), Spatel [masculine] (German), шпа́тель (špátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), spatel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spatula-en-noun-RciyONMX Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials': 4 4 2 81 4 5
  5. A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
    Sense id: en-spatula-en-noun-h3zOOBj-
  6. (entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges. Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-spatula-en-noun-CX3Te1tu Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spatular, spatulate, spatulation, spatuloid, spatulous, spoonula

Verb

IPA: /ˈspætjʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃələ/ Audio: en-us-spatula.ogg [US] Forms: spatulas [present, singular, third-person], spatulaing [participle, present], spatulaed [participle, past], spatulaed [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)peh₂-}}, {{bor|en|la|spatula||a flat piece}} Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), {{m|la|spatha||broad or flat tool}} spatha (“broad or flat tool”), {{der|en|grc|σπάθη||a broad wood or metal blade}} Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”), {{doublet|en|spauld}} Doublet of spauld, {{m|en|spatha}} spatha, {{m|en|spathe}} spathe Head templates: {{en-verb}} spatula (third-person singular simple present spatulas, present participle spatulaing, simple past and past participle spatulaed)
  1. (transitive) To lift with or as if with a spatula. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spatula-en-verb-dO7wg~pr
  2. (transitive) To strike with a spatula. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spatula-en-verb-dhNDt6xy

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
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          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "鑊鏟"
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "wok⁶ caan²",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "镬铲"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "鍋鏟"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guōchǎn",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "锅铲"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "obracečka"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "palet"
        },
        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "paletkniv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "spatel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "truleto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "spatelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "lasta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spatule"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "espátula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "roa-gal",
          "lang": "Gallo",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "palitchette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Pfannenwender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "spátoula",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "σπάτουλα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spaði"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "sendok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spadal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spatola"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paletta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "alt": "へら",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hera",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "箆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "supāteru",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "スパーテル"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "alt": "フライがえし",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "slotted spatula",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "furaigaeshi",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "フライ返し"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "vɛɛk kou",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "វែកកូរ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dwijipgae",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "뒤집개"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "hevstîv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "spatûla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spatula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "rutabulum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "lópatče",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ло́патче"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "sudip"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "koko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "sclise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xusuur",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "хусуур"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "bee náʼayooʼniłí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
          "word": "stekespade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 28 2 4 15 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "mablak",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "utensil",
          "utensil"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fish slice"
        },
        {
          "word": "fish trowel"
        },
        {
          "word": "turner"
        },
        {
          "word": "pancake turner"
        },
        {
          "word": "kitchen turner"
        },
        {
          "word": "cooking turner"
        },
        {
          "word": "flipper"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, US) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "scraper"
        },
        {
          "word": "dough scraper"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A palette knife."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "palette knife",
          "palette knife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) A palette knife."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Chemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "nickel",
          "nickel"
        ],
        [
          "handling",
          "handle"
        ],
        [
          "chemical",
          "chemical"
        ],
        [
          "weigh",
          "weigh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1963, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service",
          "text": "The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "croupier",
          "croupier"
        ],
        [
          "card",
          "card"
        ],
        [
          "casino",
          "casino"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Entomology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "November 2, 2015, Donald B. Thomas, John A. Goolsby, “Morphology of the Preimaginal Stages of Lasioptera donacis Coutin (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a Candidate Biocontrol Agent for Giant Arundo Cane”, in Psyche, →DOI",
          "text": "The third instars are similar to other members of the genus except for a three-pronged spatula (typically two-pronged) and five lateral papillae (typically four) and with a nonbristled first instar.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entomology",
          "entomology"
        ],
        [
          "sclerotized",
          "sclerotized"
        ],
        [
          "prothorax",
          "prothorax"
        ],
        [
          "larvae",
          "larvae"
        ],
        [
          "gall midges",
          "gall midges"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "entomology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspætjʊlə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspæt͡ʃʊlə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspæt͡ʃələ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "milʕaqatu ṣ-ṣaydaliyyi",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "⁧مِلْعَقَةُ الصَيْدَلِيِّ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "millās",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "⁧ملاس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bahik",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "բահիկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "lapatka",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лапатка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "lapatačka",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лапатачка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "kafgīr",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "কাফগীর"
    },
    {
      "code": "kxd",
      "lang": "Brunei Malay",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "sinduk"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "špatula",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "шпатула"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espàtula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "giradora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "girapeix"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "鑊鏟"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "wok⁶ caan²",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "镬铲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "鍋鏟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guōchǎn",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "锅铲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obracečka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "palet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "paletkniv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "truleto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "spatelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "lasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spatule"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espátula"
    },
    {
      "code": "roa-gal",
      "lang": "Gallo",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palitchette"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pfannenwender"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "spátoula",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σπάτουλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spaði"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "sendok"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spadal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spatola"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paletta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へら",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hera",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "箆"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "supāteru",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "スパーテル"
    },
    {
      "alt": "フライがえし",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "slotted spatula",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "furaigaeshi",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "フライ返し"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "vɛɛk kou",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "វែកកូរ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dwijipgae",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "뒤집개"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "hevstîv"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "spatûla"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spatula"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rutabulum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lópatče",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ло́патче"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "sudip"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "koko"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "sclise"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xusuur",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "хусуур"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "bee náʼayooʼniłí"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "stekespade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mablak",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "⁧مابلاق⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kafgir",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "⁧کفگیر⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Scheppelkje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "łopatka kuchenna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szpatułka kuchenna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espátula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lopátočka",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лопа́точка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lopátka",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лопа́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espátula"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stekspade"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "espatula"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kafgir",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "кафгир"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtà-lǐu",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "ตะหลิว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "spatula"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "špátelʹ",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпа́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "dao bay"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "word": "que phết"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shpatl",
      "sense": "kitchen utensil for turning and lifting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧שפּאַטל⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "palette knife",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "palet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "palette knife",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "paletkniv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "palette knife",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "palette knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "steker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "palette knife",
      "word": "palettiveitsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "palette knife",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Spachtelmesser"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "palette knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mestichino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "palette knife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paletta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "palette knife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spatola"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mablak",
      "sense": "palette knife",
      "word": "⁧مابلاق⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "palette knife",
      "word": "espatula"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "špatelʹ",
      "sense": "thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпатэль"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "špatula",
      "sense": "thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шпатула"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials",
      "word": "spaatteli"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "špátelʹ",
      "sense": "thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпа́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin hand tool for handling chemicals or other materials",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spatel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spatula"
}

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        "5": "a flat piece"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin spatula (“a flat piece”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "spatha",
        "3": "",
        "4": "broad or flat tool"
      },
      "expansion": "spatha (“broad or flat tool”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "σπάθη",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a broad wood or metal blade"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spauld"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of spauld",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spatha"
      },
      "expansion": "spatha",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spathe"
      },
      "expansion": "spathe",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spatulas",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spatulaing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spatulaed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spatulaed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spatula (third-person singular simple present spatulas, present participle spatulaing, simple past and past participle spatulaed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "3 September 1996, Macy Garcia, “What is the difference between Gesso, Modeling Paste & Texture Gel?”, in rec.arts.fine (Usenet)",
          "text": "A book on Pastels referes [sic] to a rough Modeling paste to be spatulaed over cotton duck.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "15 May 1997, Toby, “Any same-sex marriage opposition?”, in alt.atheism (Usenet)",
          "text": "So if you get road-pizzaed, should you have to pay in order to get yourself spatulaed off of the street?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018-03-13, Bruce Holbert, Whiskey: A Novel, MCD, page 4",
          "text": "Eddie spatulaed the patty onto a bun and extracted tomatoes, lettuce, and sliced pickles from a Tupperware.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lift with or as if with a spatula."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lift with or as if with a spatula."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "14 March 1997, arnoldkim, “Best way to get yourself killed in anime”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)",
          "text": "Or if you're a Ranma Character. I mean, they've been kicked/punched/thrown/hammered/spatulaed into the stratosphere enough times, you gotta figure they've developed a prretty high threshold of pain/injury.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "15 February 2000, erik, “*”, in alt.bored (Usenet)",
          "text": "i.....am............dying.....................i'vebeen..............spatula'd........................to.........death...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "7 March 2000, Justa Hillbilly, “Does this place get WILD???”, in alt.bored (Usenet)",
          "text": "I haven't spatulaed anyone in ages...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strike with a spatula."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To strike with a spatula."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspætjʊlə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspæt͡ʃʊlə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspæt͡ʃələ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-spatula.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/En-us-spatula.ogg/En-us-spatula.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/En-us-spatula.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spatula"
}

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