"spatulate" meaning in English

See spatulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈspa.tjʊ.lət/ [UK], /ˈspa.tʃʊ.lət/ [UK] Audio: En-us-spatulate.ogg [US] Forms: more spatulate [comparative], most spatulate [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} spatulate (comparative more spatulate, superlative most spatulate)
  1. Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity. Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: spatular, spatuloid, spatulous
    Sense id: en-spatulate-en-adj-rfQ4Gr8C Disambiguation of Medicine: 48 36 17 0 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 12 12 35
  2. (botany) Of a leaf: having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base): vastapuikea (Finnish), spatelig (German)
    Sense id: en-spatulate-en-adj-xmApLH5Z Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 12 12 35 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spathulate Derived forms: subspatulate

Verb

IPA: /ˈspa.tjʊ.lət/ [UK], /ˈspa.tʃʊ.lət/ [UK] Audio: En-us-spatulate.ogg [US] Forms: spatulates [present, singular, third-person], spatulating [participle, present], spatulated [participle, past], spatulated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} spatulate (third-person singular simple present spatulates, present participle spatulating, simple past and past participle spatulated)
  1. To treat or mix with a spatula.
    Sense id: en-spatulate-en-verb-OTkwhS2q Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 12 12 35
  2. To incise the end of a pliable cylindrical structure such that the cut end can be splayed apart and flattened
    Sense id: en-spatulate-en-verb-N7f~fIkx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 13 9 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 12 12 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spathulate Related terms: spatula

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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