When my mother-in-law loses a game of solitaire, she often mutters spatula under her breath.
Dictionary of american slang with examples. .
spatulă — SPATÚLĂ, spatule, s.f. Mică unealtă în formă de lopăţică, folosită în sculptură, farmacie etc. pentru a lua, a amesteca şi a întinde diferite substanţe pulverulente sau vâscoase. [acc. şi: spátulă] – Din fr. spatule. Trimis de dante, 25.07.2004.… … Dicționar Român
Spatula — Spat u*la (?; 135), n. [L. spatula, spathula, dim. of spatha a spatula: F. spatule. See {Spade} for digging.] An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spatula — (n.) 1520s, from L. spatula broad piece, spatula, dim. of spatha broad, flat tool or weapon, from Gk. spathe broad blade (see SPADE (Cf. spade) (n.1)). Erroneous form spattular is attested from c.1600 … Etymology dictionary
Spatŭla — Spatŭla, 1) so v.w. Spathula; 2) Echiniten. stacheln von Löffelgestalt … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Spatŭla — Spatŭla, Löffelente, s. Enten, S. 833 … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
špatula — špàtula ž <N mn e> DEFINICIJA glatka daščica proširena na krajevima, dio laboratorijskog pribora … Hrvatski jezični portal
spatula — ► NOUN ▪ an implement with a broad, flat, blunt blade, used especially for mixing or spreading. ORIGIN Latin, from spathula small spathe … English terms dictionary
spatula — [spach′ə lə] n. [L, dim. of spatha, flat blade: see SPADE2] any of various implements with a broad, flat, flexible blade, used for spreading or blending substances, as foods or paints, for scraping, etc. spatular adj … English World dictionary
Spatula — A spatula, also known as a Turner, Flipper and fish slice in (British English), is a kitchen utensil with a long handle and a broad flat edge, used for lifting fried foods. [cite web url=http://www.askoxford.com/concise oed/fishslice?view=uk… … Wikipedia
spatula — [[t]spæ̱tʃʊlə[/t]] spatulas N COUNT A spatula is an object like a knife with a wide, flat blade. Spatulas are used in cooking. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing over the top with a spatula … English dictionary
spatula — UK [ˈspætjʊlə] / US [ˈspætʃələ] noun [countable] Word forms spatula : singular spatula plural spatulas 1) a) a kitchen tool with a handle at one end and a wide flat part at the other for lifting hot foods or for spreading soft substances b) a… … English dictionary
