Spatulate

Quick meaning: Spatulate is an adjective meaning Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity.

Meaning

Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity.

More Meanings

1. (botany) Of a leaf: having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base.
2. To treat or mix with a spatula.
3. To incise the end of (a pliable cylindrical structure) such that the cut end can be splayed apart and flattened.

Example Sentences

For a moment he was sunk in thought, coiling (so it seemed) and uncoiling his long spatulate fingers.

“I nearly fell into the error of supposing that you were typewriting. Of course, it is obvious that it is music. You observe the spatulate finger-ends, Watson, which is common to both professions?[…]”

Word Forms

• spathulate
• spatulates
• spatulating
• spatulated

Synonyms for spatulate

Depending on context, synonyms include spatular, spatuloid, spatulous, simple, rounded, unsubdivided.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rounded, simple, unsubdivided, avicularia, spatulous, spatulose.

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