A spatula is a broad flat flexible blade used to mix spread and lift material including foods drugs plaster and paints.
Rubber spatula definition and uses.
These scrapers gather up chopped foods or dough.
The word spatula derives from the latin word for a flat piece of wood or splint a diminutive form of the latin spatha meaning broadsword and hence can also refer to a tongue.
Use these in bowls pans and electric mixers to gather or consolidate batter dough and more.
In medical applications spatula may be also used synonymously with tongue depressor.
The business end of it may be made from rubber plastic or silicone.
Also it is common for people to use these types of spatulas instead.
A rubber spatula has a handle to hold it with and a usually mostly rectangular flat end attached sometimes referred to as the blade for lack of a better word scrapy bit doesn t always surviving an editor s pen the handle may be made of metal wood or rubber.
Spatulas with a long handle and smallish scraping end sometimes also called rubber scrapers.
Metal bench scrapers serve only that one purpose while rubber bench scrapers have other uses too.
The handle may be made of plastic metal or wood.