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rubber
  1. (uncountable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.
  2. (uncountable, countable) Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber.
  3. (countable, Britain, New Zealand) An eraser.
  4. (Canada) A condom.
  5. (countable) Someone or something which rubs.
  6. (countable, baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
  7. (Canada) Water resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
  8. (uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. elastic, latex, neoprene, gum, sap, foam rubber, India rubber, vulcanized rubber, gutta-percha
  10. Examples:
      11. “The armed services required millions of tires and hundreds of other products made from rubber.”
rub
  1. An act of rubbing.
  2. A difficulty or problem.
  3. In the game of crown green bowls: any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
  4. Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
    1. A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. stroke, clean, wipe, polish, swab, pat, swipe, brush, brushing, buffing, burnish, rasping, scour, scouring, scraping, scrub, shine, smoothing, graze, glance, contact, shave, scrape, kiss, sponge, mop, caress, scratch, light touch, light, gentle touch, rasp, rubdown, skim, touch, nudge, massage, kneading, stroking, fondle, rub-down, osteopathy, physiotherapy, treatment, flexing, therapy, rubbing, reflexology, shiatsu … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Give it a good rub over with the sponge and then towel it.”
      “The pain startled him out of his thoughts, but a quick rub of the injury relieved the throbbing.”
      “But surely the rub is in implementing these worthy principles!”
rubber
  1. (sports) In relation to a series of games or matches between two competitors where the overall winner of the series is the competitor which wins a majority of the individual games or matches:
    1. The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).
    2. An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).
  2. (Canada) A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
  3. The game of rubber bridge.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. elastic, latex, neoprene, gum, sap, foam rubber, India rubber, vulcanized rubber, gutta-percha
  5. Examples:
      6. “The armed services required millions of tires and hundreds of other products made from rubber.”
rubbing
  1. An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scraping, grating, chafing, grinding, abrasion, friction, rasping, fretting, brushing, interference, scratching, rasp, grind, attrition, creak, excoriation, scratch, jar, scrape, gnawing, irritation, massage, agitation, grate, creaking, jarring, screeching, squeak, squeaking, screech, rub, scour, rubdown, scrub, corrosion, erosion, wear, wearing, abrading, scuffing, scouring, stripping, wearing away, wearing down, grinding down, being eaten away, deterioration, detrition, wear and tear, weathering … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “From the constant rubbing to which it is subjected, it is liable, in time, to become indurated, stiff, thickened, and furrowed.”
      “She had made a rubbing of the writing and was anxiously trying to decipher it.”
rubberist
  1. Someone with a fetish for rubber or rubberwear.
rubberism
  1. Fetishism for rubber or rubberwear.
rubstone
  1. A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone.
rubberwear
  1. Fetishwear made of rubber.
rubberisation
  1. Alternative form of rubberization
rubberization
  1. Act or process of rubberizing.
rubberiness
  1. Quality of being rubbery.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. elasticity, pliability, plasticity, pliancy, give, malleability, springiness, spring, ductility, flexibility, suppleness, resilience, bounce, stretchiness, softness, bounciness, resistance … more
rubbers
  1. plural of rubber
  2. (obsolete) rubber overshoes, galoshes.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. elastics, latexes, neoprenes, gums, saps, foam rubbers, India rubber, gutta-perchas, condoms, johnnies, safes, sheaths, Frenchies, protectives, safeties, skins, prophylactics, contraceptives, blobs, scumbags, dingers, flunkies, frangers, protections, raincoats, French letters, female condoms, French ticklers, rubber johnnies, something for the weekend, rims, tires, tyres, wheels, tubes, rubber, erasers, ink erasers, galoshes, boots, gumboots, overshoes, rainboots, wellingtons, Wellington boots, pills, coils, IUDs … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Andy Jackson also performed well winning two singles rubbers for the Lismore team.”
      “In contrast to chemical cross-linking in the case of vulcanisable rubbers, this process is reversible.”
      “In their first outing as a team they were successful over Bryon Bay winning seven rubbers to five.”
rubberists
  1. plural of rubberist
rubstones
  1. plural of rubstone
rubbings
  1. plural of rubbing
  2. Synonyms:
      3. replication, copy, replica, reproduction, duplicate, imitation, clone, duplication, facsimile, dummy, carbon, mock, reduplication, dupe, likeness, image, model, counterpart, representation, counterfeit, miniature, simulation, parallel, reflection, forgery, effigy, mirror, simulacrum, ectype, ersatz, cast, photocopy, similarity, copying, pattern, transcription, archetype, impersonation, study, tracing, impression, type, imprint, photograph, portrait, spawn, transcript, carbon copy, hard copy, mock-up … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Both the copies and the rubbings are completely different in spirit from postmodernist appropriation.”
      “The names on the eroded headstones were all but illegible, so in the waning light the artist made rubbings of the markers.”
      “Robert Newall soon made rubbings of the portions of stones known to contain carvings.”
rubs
  1. plural of rub
  2. Synonyms:
      3. problems, holes, jams, cruxes, knots, mires, pitfalls, quagmires, spots, tangles, toughies, misadventures, mishaps, straits, deep water, matters, muddles, cases, corners, facers, fixes, flies in the ointment, Gordian knots, gremlins, hiccups, hornets' nests, how-do-you-dos, katzenjammers, mix-ups, puzzlements, stumbling blocks, tight spots, nodi, probs, matter, misadventure, jam, puzzlement, issues, difficulties, predicaments, complications, dilemmas, grievances, quandaries, trouble, adversity, barriers, disputes … more
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