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comparative more spatulate, superlative most spatulate
Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity. quotations examples
“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? […] ”
1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905
For a moment he was sunk in thought, coiling (so it seemed) and uncoiling his long spatulate fingers.
1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 804
(botany) Of a leaf: having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base. examples
third-person singular simple present spatulates, present participle spatulating, simple past and past participle spatulated
To treat or mix with a spatula. examples
To incise the end of a pliable cylindrical structure such that the cut end can be splayed apart and flattened examples