spatulate

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English

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Pronunciation

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

spatulate (comparative more spatulate, superlative most spatulate)

  1. Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity.
    Synonyms: spatular, spatuloid, spatulous
  2. (botany) Of a leaf: having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base.

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Verb

spatulate (third-person singular simple present spatulates, present participle spatulating, 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.

Latin

Adjective

spatulāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of spatulātus