"Spatulas" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
A spatula is a flat, wide, and flexible tool with a long handle, used for moving, turning, or serving food on a surface, such as in cooking or serving dishes, or for spreading or applying substances.
1. Cooking Preparation: She took out a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the mixing bowl.
2. Technical Application: The plumber used a flexible metal spatula to scrape out the old pipe joint grout.
3. Garden Care: Gardening gloves beside a set of various garden tools, including one to cut shears and a long flexible spatula to help spread the soil around the newly planted trees.
4. Health and Medicine: The skin cream came with a clean spatula to apply the lotion to hard to reach places.
5. Food Packaging: The bakery packaged a sturdy stainless steel spatula to reach all areas of the cake pan.
Noun: small pieces of material (such as leather or rubber) that are attached to the bottom of a shoe to prevent mud from getting in.<br><br>Example: "The mud boots had spats to keep my feet dry."
To scatter or spray small particles or drops of liquid in all directions.<br><br>Example: "The paint spattered onto the wall when the can was knocked over."
To scatter something, typically droplets of a liquid, in a random or irregular way, often in a disorderly manner. Can be applied to different contexts, such as food, paint, blood, etc.<br><br>Example: The rain started to spatter against the windows.
v. tr.<br><br> To sprinkle or scatter something (such as paint or dirt) over a surface or area, often in a disorderly or irregular manner.<br><br>ex. The accident spattered oil all over the road.
Verb: to make a sudden, explosive sound, like the impact of a bullet hitting skin, often used in old English literature to describe a gunshot wound.<br><br>Example: "The loud report of the pistol made the men jump as soon as they spat at each other."<br><br>Note: This verb is not commonly used in modern English language, but could be encountered in old English literature or historical contexts.
Spatzle is a type of homemade noodle that is a traditional dish in German, Austrian, and Hungarian cuisine. It resembles a small, irregularly-shaped dumpling, and is typically made from a simple batter that is pushed through a sieve or a spätzlepresse (a specialized tool) into boiling water, where it cooks until it floats to the surface.
A spavin is a swelling or bony growth on the back of a horse, particularly on the hock joint. It is often associated with stress or injury to the joint, and can be a common problem in equine orthopedics.
To produce or give birth to young or new things, especially in a rapid or abundant way.<br><br>Example: "The city is spawning new startups and entrepreneurs."<br><br>It can also refer to the process of setting something, such as a process or a game, into operation.<br><br>Example: "The server is not spawning the game properly."<br><br>In a gaming context, spawning refers to the appearance or appearance of a non-player character, a new game object, or a unit into the game world.<br><br>Example: "The player's character spawned at the beginning of the level."<br><br>In a computing context, spawning refers to creating a new process or a new instance of a program.<br><br>Example: "The program is spawning multiple processes to handle multiple tasks."<br><br>In biology, spawning refers to the act of releasing eggs or sperm into the water to reproduce.<br><br>Example: "Fish spawning is an important part of their reproductive cycle."