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Definition of Rubber

1. Noun. An elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products.

2. Verb. Coat or impregnate with rubber. "Rubberize fabric for rain coats"

3. Adjective. Returned for lack of funds. "A no-good check"

4. Noun. Any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber.

5. Noun. An eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil.

6. Noun. Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse.

7. Noun. A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.

Definition of Rubber

1. n. One who, or that which, rubs.

Definition of Rubber

1. Noun. Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene. ¹

2. Noun. (uncountable countable) Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber. ¹

3. Noun. (countable UK Australia Canada New Zealand) An eraser. ¹

4. Noun. (context: countable North America slang) A condom. ¹

5. Noun. (slang of a draft (gloss check)) Not covered by funds on account. ¹

6. Noun. Someone or something which rubs. ¹

7. Noun. (countable baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch. ¹

8. Noun. (North America plural) Water resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes. ¹

9. Noun. (uncountable slang) Tires, particularly racing tires. ¹

10. Noun. A series of games or contests, especially a match consisting of the best of a series of three games in bridge or whist. ¹

11. Noun. (sports) A series of an odd number of games or matches of which a majority must be won (thus precluding a tie). ¹

12. Noun. (sports) A game or match played to break a tie. ¹

13. Noun. The game of rubber bridge. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rubber

1. to stretch one's neck in looking at something [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Rubber

1. 1. One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically: An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning. A coarse file, or the rough part of a file. A whetstone; a rubstone. An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc. The cushion of an electrical machine. One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath. Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. 2. In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist. "A rubber of cribbage." 3. India rubber; caoutchouc. 4. An overshoe made of India rubber. Antimony rubber, an elastic durable variety of vulcanised caoutchouc of a red colour. It contains antimony sulphide as an important constituent. Hard rubber, a kind of vulcanised caoutchouc which nearly resembles horn in texture, rigidity, etc. India rubber, caoutchouc. See Caoutchouc. Rubber cloth, cloth covered with caoutchouc for excluding water or moisture. Rubber dam, a shield of thin sheet rubber clasped around a tooth to exclude saliva from the tooth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubber

rubaces rubadub rubai rubaiyat rubati rubato rubatos rubbaboo rubbaboos rubbage

rubbages rubbed rubbed out rubber (current term) rubber-base paint rubber-bulb syringe rubber-chicken dinner rubber-necking rubber baby buggy bumper rubber band

rubber band airplane rubber band airplanes rubber bands rubber boa rubber boot rubber bridge rubber bullet rubber cement

Literary usage of Rubber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"A porous or spongy rubber article is made by coagulating rubber latex while in a ... A mixture for coating and preserving rubber is formed of cacao butter ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Honduras rubber is good, but some of that from Guatemala is inferior. ... More than 100 different trees are known to give rubber-making juices in commercial ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Honduras rubber is good, but some of that from Guatemala is inferior. ... More than 100 different trees are known to give rubber-making juices in commercial ..."

4. Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin by Public Affairs Information Service (1920)
"rubber assn. of Am. Importations of crude rubber tariffs of Asia, Oceania, ... tables '20 62 Vanderbilt av, NT rubber trade In Japan, il India rubber World ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Notwithstanding even these widespread enterprises in cultivated rubber, rhe fact remains that the most remarkable rubber producing region of the world lies ..."

6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"A rambling discussion of the manuf. and uses of reclaimed rubber. W. grants that American re- claimed rubber is in general superior to the European product, ..."

7. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"The essential constituent of rubber is a hydrocarbon (caoutchouc). ... Harries' work on the ozonides of rubber shows the hydrocarbon to be an unsaturated ..."

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