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spatulate

[ spach-uh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

  1. shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
  2. Botany. having a broad, rounded end and a narrow, attenuate base, as a leaf.


spatulate

/ ˈspætjʊlɪt /

adjective

  1. shaped like a spatula
  2. Alsospathulate botany having a narrow base and a broad rounded apex

    a spatulate leaf

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • sub·spatu·late adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spatulate1

From the New Latin word spatulātus, dating back to 1750–60. See spatula, -ate 1
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Example Sentences

Short, spatulate fingers, with a broad palm, appear to be a feature of the successful engineer.

It was a characteristic hand, broad, with spatulate fingernails and a black star on the fleshy ball between forefinger and thumb.

Behold the brands of the true criminal—'enormous zygomae,' 'ear lobes attached to the cheek,' 'spatulate fingernails——'

Every hand artist will be found to have spatulate-fingered hands—in short, muscular hands.

Note the spatulate terminations and the spines of the shaft, 11.

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