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Definition of Rubberlike
1. Adjective. Having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness.
Definition of Rubberlike
1. Adjective. Having the characteristics of rubber ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rubberlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubberlike
Literary usage of Rubberlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... and without which the finished product would be too tough — more or less
rubberlike. Rye flour contains similar bodies to an almost equal degree, ..."
2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1913)
"... of varying properties ; in the case of the rubber, likewise, the homologues
of isoprene are found to give rubberlike substances of diverse properties. ..."
3. Annals of Ophthalmology (1917)
"... began to get opalescent at 142° F.; became opal white at 157° F., and pearl
white above that, and became of a firm rubberlike consistency. 3. ..."
4. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1994)
"A rubberlike material, such as neoprene or silicone rubber. In photography, an
electrical light source that emits a brief burst of light. ..."
5. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"LESSON CXXXI THE MILKWEED Leading thought—The milkweed when wounded secretes a
milky juice which is of a rubberlike composition; it flows out of the wounded ..."
6. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1888)
"For instance: there is one tissue of our bodies that is of first and greatest
moment, I mean the elastic rubberlike tissue which gives elasticity to the ..."
7. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1907)
"From time to time these black, hard balls, rubberlike in appearance and heavy,
had been sent to the Experimental Farm from the West, with the question: What ..."
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