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rubber — thing that rubs, 1530s, agent noun from RUB (Cf. rub) (v.). The meaning elastic substance from tropical plants (short for India rubber) first recorded 1788, introduced to Europe 1744 by Charles Marie de la Condamine, so called because it was… … Etymology dictionary
rubber — Ⅰ. rubber [1] ► NOUN 1) a tough elastic substance made from the latex of a tropical plant or synthetically. 2) Brit. a piece of such material used for erasing pencil marks. 3) N. Amer. informal a condom. 4) (rubbers) N. Amer. rubber boots;… … English terms dictionary
rubber — rubber1 rubberless, adj. rubberlike, adj. /rub euhr/, n. 1. Also called India rubber, natural rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc. a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the… … Universalium
rubber — 1. n. 1 a tough elastic polymeric substance made from the latex of plants or synthetically. 2 esp. Brit. a piece of this or another substance for erasing pencil or ink marks. 3 colloq. a condom. 4 (in pl.) US galoshes. 5 a person who rubs; a… … Useful english dictionary
rubber — I. /ˈrʌbə / (say rubuh) noun 1. an elastic material, derived from the latex of species of the genera Hevea and Ficus (natural rubber). 2. any of a class of elastomers made from polymers or copolymers of simple molecules with properties resembling …
rubber — rubber1 noun 1》 a tough elastic polymeric substance made from the latex of a tropical tree or synthetically. 2》 Brit. a piece of rubber used for erasing pencil marks. 3》 N. Amer. informal a condom. 4》 (rubbers) N. Amer. rubber boots; galoshes.… … English new terms dictionary
INDIA-RUBBER — , CAOUTCHOUC or GUM ELASTIC is a product of the milky juices of several tropical and sub tropical plants found in the West Indies, Central and South America, West Africa, and India; there is evidence that its properties were partially… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
India rubber — Caoutchouc Caout chouc, n. [F. caoutchouc, from the South American name.] A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree {Siphonia elastica} or {Hevea… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rubberise — Ⅰ. rubber [1] ► NOUN 1) a tough elastic substance made from the latex of a tropical plant or synthetically. 2) Brit. a piece of such material used for erasing pencil marks. 3) N. Amer. informal a condom. 4) (rubbers) N. Amer. rubber boots;… … English terms dictionary
rubberize — Ⅰ. rubber [1] ► NOUN 1) a tough elastic substance made from the latex of a tropical plant or synthetically. 2) Brit. a piece of such material used for erasing pencil marks. 3) N. Amer. informal a condom. 4) (rubbers) N. Amer. rubber boots;… … English terms dictionary
rubbery — Ⅰ. rubber [1] ► NOUN 1) a tough elastic substance made from the latex of a tropical plant or synthetically. 2) Brit. a piece of such material used for erasing pencil marks. 3) N. Amer. informal a condom. 4) (rubbers) N. Amer. rubber boots;… … English terms dictionary
