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Synonyms for spatula

  • noun

Most common

turner kitchen turner cooking turner flipper putty knife tongue depressor

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Fish trowel — A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or…

kitchen turner, cooking turner, flipper, pancake turner US, turner, fish slice UK, lifter, fish trowel dated

2. Dough scraper — A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of…

dough scraper, scraper

Other

putty knife, tongue depressor

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.

  2. n. 2

    A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.

Related words

Word family
spatulalike spatular spatulate spatuloid spatulous

Forms

Plural
spatulas → flippers, turners, lifters, scrapers…

Example sentences

  • turner He claimed that he can sing lower than Ken Turner.
  • flipper Those fish keep charging me and snapping at my flipper.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
spatularising
turnersteady
flippersteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
turner2, lifter2
7 letters
flipper2, scraper2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (turner2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
spatule
Italiano
spatola