rubber

Definitions

1. Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
   countable, uncountable, usually
2. 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:
3. 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).
4. Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene
5. Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber.
   countable, uncountable, usually
6. An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).
7. Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber
8. An eraser.
   Australia, Brunei, India, New-Zealand, UK, countable, usually
9. A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
   Canada, US
10. An eraser
11. A condom, especially an external condom.
    Canada, US, countable, slang, usually
12. The game of rubber bridge.
13. A condom, especially an external condom
14. Someone or something which rubs.
    countable, usually
15. Someone or something which rubs. One who rubs down horses. One who practises massage. A coarse towel for rubbing the body. An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc
16. One who rubs down horses.
    countable, uncountable, usually
17. One who practises massage.
    countable, uncountable, usually
18. A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
    countable, uncountable, usually
19. An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.
    countable, uncountable, usually
20. The cushion of an electric machine.
    historical, uncountable, usually
21. The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
    countable, usually
22. Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
    Canada, US, in-plural, uncountable, usually
23. Tires, particularly racing tires.
    slang, uncountable, usually
24. A hardship or misfortune.
    dated, slang, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

55 more languages

العربيةالمطاطمطاط

Azərbaycan dilirezin

Българскигума

বাংলারবার

བོད་སྐད།འགྱིག

Bosanskigumagumicakondomparašapkaгумагумицапрезерватив+ 5 more

Catalàcautxúcondógoma

Češtinagumagummakaučukpryž+ 1 more

Cymraegrwber

Danskgummi

Ελληνικάγαλότσεςγομολάστιχακαουτσούκλάστιχαλάστιχοπροφυλακτικόσβηστήρι+ 4 more

Esperantogumokaŭĉuko

Eestikondoom

Suomihankaajakalossikatteetonkautsukumikumitluonnonkumipyyhekumiraakakumisyöttölaatta+ 7 more

Galegogoma

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻilaholio

עבריתגומי

हिन्दीरबड़

Hrvatskigumagumicakondomparašapkaгумагумицапрезерватив+ 5 more

Magyargumióvszer

Հայերենռետին

Bahasa Indonesiakaretparasetip

ÍslenskaGummi

Italianogommapreservativo

日本語ゴム合成ゴム

ქართულირეზინი

ភាសាខ្មែរកៅស៊ូ

한국어고무지우개

Kurdîgomehulekondomlastîkpara+ 2 more

Latinagumma

ລາວຢາງ

Lietuviųguma

Te Reo Māoritawau

Македонскигума

മലയാളംറബ്ബർ

Монголкаучукрезинэрзээн

Bahasa Melayugetah

Maltigomma

မြန်မာရာဘာရော်ဘာ

Nederlandscondoomoverschoenenrubber

Polskigumagumkakauczuk

Portuguêsborrachacamisinhapreservativo

Românăcauciuc

Русскийгалошигондонкалошикаучукпрезервативрезинарезинкашины+ 5 more

Gagana Samoapulu

Shqipgomë

Српскиgumagumicakondomparašapkaгумагумицапрезерватив+ 5 more

Svenskagummikautschuk

ไทยยาง

Tagaloggoma

Türkçekauçukkondomlastikprezervatifşapka+ 2 more

ئۇيغۇرچەكاۋچۇك

Українськагу́магумкагумовийрезина+ 1 more

اردوربڑ

Tiếng Việtcao sutẩy

Examples

“For example, they may use⟳ paddle pop sticks, hand span, pencils, rubbers, mathematics equipment (i.e. base⟳ 10 material) or anything else the teacher can find⟳ to measure⟳ the lengths of nominated objects.”

“Drawing materials, he thought, I used to love⟳ drawing as a lad. I can afford⟳ some plain paper and pencils, surely? And a rubber, too. He smiled at the memory of an elderly uncle, also fond of drawing, who′d always called rubbers ‘lead⟳ eaters’.”

“Stan stole a diary and some pens, pencils, ink and rubbers during his early days as a POW working on the Singapore docks.”

“And the rubbers you hide⟳ / In your top left pocket”

“Don't have⟳ sex, because you will get⟳ pregnant and die⟳! Don't have⟳ sex in the missionary position, don't have⟳ sex standing up, just don't do it, OK, promise⟳? OK, now everybody take⟳ some rubbers.”

“My daddy said "Treat⟳ young girls like⟳ your mother" / My momma said "Trust⟳ no hoe, use⟳ a rubber"”

“What perplexity plagues the chin-rubber in the foreground and what so discourages the man leaning on the lamp post⟳? And to what doom is the large man at right moving? Photographer Cowherd has no answers.”

“I curl his perriwig, paint⟳ his cheeks, perfume his breath; I am his froterer or rubber in a hot-house”

“Jones toes the rubber and then fires to the plate.”

“Johnny, don't forget⟳ your rubbers today.”

“He set⟳ aside his aunt’s counsel in regard to a better regimen, as well as her more specific hints, made in view⟳ of the near approach⟳ of rough weather, that he provide⟳ himself with rubbers and an umbrella, even if he would not hear⟳ of a rain-coat.”

“Jones enters the pits to get⟳ new rubber.”

“The British barges, off New-London, sometimes meet⟳ with the rubbers. In an attack upon an armed smack, some days ago, they were beaten off, with the reported loss of 8 men killed.”

“'Twas a bit gone December, / As I well remember⟳, / I met with a rubber, and got some advice; […]”

“They played, and Creed and his young partner won the first rubber, winning the two first games running.”

“[…] an old lady's innocent rubber.”

“Ladies matches shall consist⟳ of 6 rubbers. Each rubber shall consist⟳ of best of 3 games to 21 points.”

“Montreal’s Francoise Abanda lost the first rubber of the tie 6-2, 6-4 to Karolina Pliskova on Saturday”

“"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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