'Spatula' definitions:
Definition of 'spatula'
From: WordNet
noun
A turner with a narrow flexible blade
noun
A hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances
Definition of 'Spatula'
From: GCIDE
- Spatula \Spat"u*la\ (?; 135), n. [L. spatula, spathula, dim. of spatha a spatula: F. spatule. See Spade for digging.] An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spatula'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air brush,
- art paper,
- brush,
- camera lucida,
- camera obscura,
- canvas,
- chalk,
- charcoal,
- chisel,
- crayon,
- drawing paper,
- drawing pencil,
- drier,
- easel,
- fixative,
- ground,
- lay figure,
- mallet,
- maulstick,
- medium,
- modeling clay,
- paint,
- paintbrush,
- palette,
- palette knife,
- pastel,
- pencil,
- pigments,
- point,
- scratchboard,
- siccative,
- sketchbook,
- sketchpad,
- solder,
- soldering iron,
- spray gun,
- stump,
- varnish