Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

Source : WordNet®

spatula
     n 1: a turner with a narrow flexible blade
     2: a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread
        soft substances