spatulate

English

Alternative forms

• spathulate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspa.tjʊ.lət/, /ˈspa.tʃʊ.lət/

Adjective

spatulate (comparative more spatulate, superlative most 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.

Derived terms

• subspatulate

Translations

having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base

• Finnish: vastapuikea (fi)
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Verb

spatulate (third-person singular simple present spatulat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle spatulated)

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

Related terms

• spatula

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) spatulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of spatulātus