• Spatulate

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈspa.tjÊŠ.lÉ™t/, /ˈspa.tʃʊ.lÉ™t/

    Alternative forms

    Full definition of spatulate

    Adjective

    spatulate

    1. Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity.
      • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 804:For a moment he was sunk in thought, coiling (so it seemed) and uncoiling his long spatulate fingers.
    2. (botany, of leaf) Having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base.

    Verb

    1. To treat or mix with a spatula.
    2. To incise the end of a pliable cylindrical structure such that the cut end can be splayed apart and flattened

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