rubber
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈɹʌbə/, SAMPA: /"r\Vb@/
- (US) IPA: /ˈɹʌbɚ/, SAMPA: /"r\Vb@`/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌbə(r)
[edit] Etymology 1
In the sense of an eraser, rub + -er; in the sense of pliable material, derived from the previous sense of eraser; the other senses derived from the pliable material sense.
[edit] 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 or contests, especially a match consisting of the best of a series of three games in bridge or whist
[edit] Synonyms
- (condom): see Wikisaurus:condom.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
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synthetic materials with the same properties
eraser
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condom
not covered by funds
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water resistant shoe covers
tires
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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)
- 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)
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[edit] Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
[edit] 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.
- The game of rubber bridge.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Red-Headed League
- "Still, I confess that I miss my rubber. It is the first Saturday night for seven-and-twenty years that I have not had my rubber." "I think you will find that you will play for a higher stake to-night than you have ever done yet, and that the play will be more exciting."
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[edit] Noun
rubber n.
