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S vs Spatula - What's the difference?

s | spatula |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun spatula is

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

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    spatula

    English

    Noun

  • A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting or stirring food.
  • (North America) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
  • (dated) A palette knife.
  • (chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * (kitchen utensil for turning and lifting) fish slice, turner * (kitchen utensil for scraping) scraper, dough scraper

    Derived terms

    * spatular * spatulous

    Related terms

    * spatulate