fish slice
English
Etymology
From fish + slice (“spatula”).
Noun
fish slice (plural fish slices)
- (UK) A kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula.
- Synonyms: fish trowel, turner, pancake turner, (US) spatula
- Would you pass me that fish slice, please; I'm making a mess trying to turn this omelette.
- 2023 January 28, Justin Myers, “62 dating green flags that shout ‘this one’s a keeper’”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 October 2026:
- Truly the sign of an evolved person who has their shit together is that they’ve graduated beyond using a fish slice for everything (which they erroneously call a spatula).
Translations
kitchen utensil — see spatula
Further reading
- “fish slice”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “fish slice”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “fish slice”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
- “fish slice” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.