rubber
has definitions from the fields of clothing,sexuality
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[ noun ] latex from trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus)
Synonyms Used in print (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)( 1 ) When an object was placed in the patient 's hand , he had no difficulty determining whether it was warm or cold , sharp or blunt , rough or smooth , flexible , soft , or hard ; and he could tell , simply by the feel of it , whether it was made of wood , iron , cloth , rubber , and_so_on . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)The big factories which are relatively near the centers of our cities - the rubber factories in Akron , Chrysler 's Detroit plants , U._S._Steel 's Pittsburgh works - often began on these sites at_a_time when that was the edge of the city , yet close to transport ( river ) , storage ( piers ) and power ( river ) . |
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[ adjective ] made of rubber and therefore water-repellent
Synonyms Examples "rubber boots" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sexuality) contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse
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[ adjective ] returned for lack of funds
Synonyms Examples "a rubber check" "a no-good check" Related terms |
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[ noun ] an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil
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