(rubber etc)
11rubber chicken circuit — noun (esp N Am sl) A lecture tour, round of political campaigning, etc characterized by the provision of bland, unappetizing food to the participants • • • Main Entry: ↑rubber …
12Rubber Boa — Coastal Rubber Boa Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) …
13Rubber Board — The Rubber Board is a statutory body constituted by the Government of India, under the Rubber Act 1947, for the overall development of the rubber industry in the country. Rubber Research Institute of India The Rubber Research Institute of India… …
14rubber — 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… …
15rubber — 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 …
16rubber — 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… …
17rubber — [1] All the rubber seals, mats, and pads that cushion and protect vehicle windows, trim, handles, bumper sections, carpets, etc. [2] The tires. See also peel rubber. [3] An elastic substance used in tires. See blade rubber bonnet bump rubber bump …
18rubber-stamp — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: rubber stamp 1. : to cancel, endorse, approve, or otherwise mark with a rubber stamp 2. : to approve, endorse, or dispose of (as a document or policy) as a matter of routine usually without the exercise… …
19rubber plant — 1. a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental… …
20rubber — rub|ber [ˈrʌbə US ər] n 1.) [U] a substance used to make tyres, boots etc, which is made from the juice of a tropical tree or artificially ▪ a rubber ball 2.) BrE a) a small piece of rubber or similar material used for removing pencil marks from… …
