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noun a turner with a narrow flexible blade
noun a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances
originBorrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Doublet of spauld; compare spatha and spathe.
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