Definitions of rubber [ˈrʌb ər]

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Definition of 'rubber'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rubber
a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the latex or milky juice of rubber trees and plants, esp. of the Hevea and Ficus species.

2.  rubber
a material made by chemically treating and toughening this substance, used in the manufacture of electrical insulation, elastic bands, tires, and other products.

3.  rubber
any of various similar substances and materials made synthetically.

4.  rubber
an eraser of this material.

5.  rubber
a low overshoe of this material.

6.  rubber
an instrument or tool used for rubbing, polishing, scraping, etc.

7.  rubber
a person who rubs something.

8.  rubber
a person who gives massages.

9.  rubber
Baseball. an oblong piece of white rubber or other material embedded in the pitcher's mound.

10.  rubber
Slang. a condom.

11. (adj.) rubber
made of, containing, or coated with rubber.

12. (n.) rubber
(in bridge) a series or round played until one side has won two out of three games.

13.  rubber
Also called rubber match. a deciding contest when a competition is tied.

Etymology: (1585–95)

Definition of 'rubber'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rubber, natural rubber, India rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc
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. (noun) rubber, synthetic rubber
any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber

3. (noun) rubber eraser, rubber, pencil eraser
an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil

4. (noun) condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic
contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

5. (adj) arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe
a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

6. (verb) rubber, no-good
returned for lack of funds
"a rubber check"; "a no-good check"

7. (verb) rubberize, rubberise, rubber
coat or impregnate with rubber
"rubberize fabric for rain coats"

Definition of 'rubber'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) rubber
a thick, flexible substance used for making tires, etc.
rubber boots

2. rubber
eraser
Can I borrow a rubber?

Definition of 'rubber'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) rubber
one who, or that which, rubs

2. (noun) rubber
an instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning

3. (noun) rubber
a coarse file, or the rough part of a file

4. (noun) rubber
a whetstone; a rubstone

5. (noun) rubber
an eraser, usually made of caoutchouc

6. (noun) rubber
the cushion of an electrical machine

7. (noun) rubber
one who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath

8. (noun) rubber
something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub

9. (noun) rubber
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

10. (noun) rubber
india rubber; caoutchouc

11. (noun) rubber
an overshoe made of India rubber

Definition of 'rubber'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. rubber
A high-molecular-weight polymeric elastomer derived from the milk juice (LATEX) of HEVEA brasiliensis and other trees and plants. It is a substance that can be stretched at room temperature to at least twice its original length and after releasing the stress, retract rapidly, and recover its original dimensions fully.

Translation of 'rubber'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: ( Tyres are made of rubber; rubber boots.
Afrikaans: rubber	Arabic: مَطّاط	Bulgarian: каучук, гума
Brazilian: borracha	Czech: kaučuk	German: das Gummi; Gummi-...
Danish: gummi; gummi-	Greek: λάστιχο	Spanish: caucho, goma
Estonian: kumm, kummi-	Farsi: لاستیکی	Finnish: kumi
French: (de) caoutchouc	Hebrew: גוּמִי	Hindi: रबड़
Croatian: guma	Hungarian: gumi	Indonesian: karet
Icelandic: gúmmí	Italian: gomma; di gomma	Japanese: ゴム
Korean: 고무	Lithuanian: guma	Latvian: gumija
Malay: getah	Dutch: rubber	Norwegian: gummi
Polish: guma	Persian: لاستیکی	Pashto: رابر
Portuguese: borracha	Romanian: (de/din) cauciuc	Russian: резина
Slovak: guma	Slovenian: guma	Serbian: guma
Swedish: gummi	Thai: ยาง	Turkish: lâstik, kauçuk
Taiwanese: 橡膠	Ukrainian: гума; каучук	Urdu: رگڑنے والا
Vietnamese: cao su	Chinese: 橡胶
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