Meaning of rubber jungle | Babel Free

Definitions

In a commercial passenger airliner, the dense, forest-like profusion of suspended tubes, straps, bags, and masks which results when large numbers of oxygen masks are deployed.

informal

Examples

“By the way, when all the masks are hanging out, it's sometimes referred to as the "rubber jungle."”

“From the day before, an accidental deployment of oxygen masks—a rubber jungle, in airline-speak—was discussed.”

“I looked back to see what was going on, and observed a rubber jungle of oxygen masks hanging from the overhead bins.”

CEFR level