Rubber
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English
Noun
Rubber (usually uncountable; plural Rubbers)- (uncountable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.
- (uncountable, countable) Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber.
- (countable, UK, Australian, Canada, New Zealand) An eraser.
- (countable, UK, North America) (slang) A condom.
- (slang, of a draft (check)) Not covered by funds on account.
- (countable) Someone or something which rubs.
- (countable, baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
- Jones toes the rubber and then fires to the plate.
- (North America, plural) Water resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
- Johnny, don't forget your rubbers today.
- (uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
- Jones enters the pits to get new rubber.
- (countable) A series of games, contests - in Davis cup tennis, cards
Synonyms
- (condom): see Thesaurus:condom.
Derived terms
Noun
Rubber (plural Rubbers)- (sports) A series of an odd number of games or matches of which a majority must be won (thus precluding a tie).
- (sports) A game or match played to break a tie.
See also
Thesaurus
Buna, Butyl rubber, IUD, India rubber, Lastex, Paul Pry, ace, bag, baleen, battledore, best bower, birth control device, blubber, bower, breeze, butt-in, butter, caoutchouc, cards, caucho, chewing gum, clay, clubs, cold rubber, condom, contraceptive, contraceptive foam, crepe, crepe rubber, crude rubber, cushion, deck, deuce, diamonds, diaphragm, dough, down, dummy, ebonite, eiderdown, elastic, elastomer, eradicator, eraser, expunger, face cards, feather bed, feathers, fleece, floss, flue, fluff, flush, foam, full house, gum, gum elastic, hand, handball, hearts, intermeddler, intrauterine device, jack, joker, jumping jack, kapok, king, knave, latex, left bower, nose, oral contraceptive, pack, pair, pessary, picture cards, pillow, playing cards, plush, polyurethane rubber, prophylactic, pudding, puff, putty, queen, quidnunc, racket, round, royal flush, rubber ball, rubber band, rubberized, rubberlike, rubberneck, rubbery, ruff, satin, silicone rubber, silk, singleton, skin, snoop, spades, spandex, spermicidal jelly, spermicide, sponge, spring, springboard, straight, stretch fabric, swansdown, synthetic rubber, the pill, thistledown, trampoline, trey, trick, trump, velvet, wax, whalebone, wool, zephyr
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈɹʌbə/, SAMPA: /"r\Vb@/
- (US) IPA: /ˈɹʌbɚ/, SAMPA: /"r\Vb@`/
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Audio (US) noicon (file) - Rhymes: -ʌbə(r)
Etymology 1
In the sense of an eraser, rub; in the sense of pliable material, derived from the previous sense of eraser; the other senses derived from the pliable material sense.
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Translations
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- Afrikaans: rubber n. (1), gomlastiek n. (2), uitveër n. (3), kondoom n. (4)
- Arabic: مطاط (maTTaaT) m.
- Dutch: rubber n. (1), kunstrubber n. (2), gom m. (3), condoom m. (4)
- French: caoutchouc m. (1), gomme f. (3), capote f. (4)
- Italian: gomma f., gomma da cancellare f. (3)
- Korean: 고무 (gomu)
- Spanish: caucho m. (1), goma f. (1), hule m. (1); condón m. (4)
- Swedish: gummi
- Tamil: மீள்மம் (meeLmam)
See also
Dutch
Noun
Rubber n.
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