spatula

noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

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

3. 3

   A palette knife.

4. 4

   A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.

5. 5

   A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.

6. 6

   A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.