"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 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: 47 18 7 28
  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 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 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
  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-HB3NIRFK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 14 9 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 9 7 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 13 7 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 13 4 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 14 8 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 16 9 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spathulate Related terms: spatula

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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