Meanings
plural fish slices
- UKA kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula.
Would you pass me that fish slice, please; I'm making a mess trying to turn this omelette.
1 more example
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).
2023 January 28, Justin Myers, “62 dating green flags that shout ‘this one’s a keeper’”, in The GuardianSynonyms: fish trowel, turner, pancake turner, spatula
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula.
Origin
From fish + slice (“spatula”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
fish slice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fish%20slice
“fish slice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fish%20slice. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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