Rubber
WordNet
adjective
(1) Returned for lack of funds
"A rubber check"
"A no-good check"
noun
(2) A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
(3) Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
(4) An eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil
(5) 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
(6) Any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
verb
(7) Coat or impregnate with rubber
"Rubberize fabric for rain coats"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
In the sense of an eraser, derived from the verb to rub; in the sense of pliable material, derived from the previous sense of eraser; the other senses derived from the pliable material sense.
Noun
- Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.
- Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber.
- An eraser.
- A condom.
- Someone or something which rubs.
- The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
- Jones toes the rubber and then fires to the plate.
- Water resistant shoe covers, galoshes, Wellingtons.
- Johnny, don't forget your rubbers today.
- Tires, particularly racing tires.
- Jones enters the pits to get new rubber.
- a series of games, contests - in Davis cup tennis, cards
See also
- rubber plant
- rubber policeman
- rubber tree
Noun
- A series of an odd number of games or matches of which a majority must be won (thus precluding a tie).
- A game or match played to break a tie.
Noun
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