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Phrases 130
- rubber stampA piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.
- rubber bandAn elastic band made of rubber (either natural rubber or synthetic rubber).
- rubber stampsplural of rubber stamp: A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.
- natural rubberRubber derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
- rubber treeA tropical South American tree of species Hevea brasiliensis, the principal source of natural rubber.
- rubber bandsplural of rubber band: An elastic band made of rubber (either natural rubber or synthetic rubber).
- rubber duckA toy, made from rubber or rubber-like plastic, shaped like a duck; usually a floating bathtub toy.
- rubber chickenA hollow, bright yellow toy or prop depicting a plucked chicken that emits a squeak when squeezed.
- rubber ringA ring or tube made of rubber, in particular a circular air-filled tube used as an aid to swimming.
- rubber roomA cell lined with cushions used for confinement of a mentally disturbed person.
- rubber bulletA large ballistic projectile made of or coated with rubber that has a propellant charge, typically used for riot control.
- india rubberThe latex obtained from certain trees of several families, especially Hevea brasiliensis, widely cultivated in Asia.
- burn rubberTo accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.
- rubber plantAny tree which produces latex, a rubber tree, formerly used to produce natural rubber.
- rubber pantsPlastic pants.
- hard rubberVulcanized rubber: ebonite.
- rubber-hoseAn early American animation style with the use of simple flowing curves for characters' limbs.
- dead rubberIn a series of sporting fixtures, a match of which the result is irrelevant, the winner of the series, or the outcome of the league, having already been determined by earlier results.
- rubber checkA check that is rejected by the bank against which it is drawn for insufficient funds.
- rubber matchA sporting event at the end of a series in which the opponents are tied in terms of events won and lost.
- rubber jungleIn 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.
- crepe rubberRubber with a crinkled texture, used for soles of shoes.
- cold rubberSynthetic rubber that has undergone emulsion polymerization at a relatively low temperature, typically around 5 or 10℃.
- metal rubberAny of various conductive plastic polymers with metal ions, having various desirable physical and chemical properties.
- rubber bridgeThe original form of contract bridge; so called because bonuses are awarded for scoring sufficient points to win games and thereby a rubber, which is the best of three games.
Compound words 42
- flubberA rubbery polymer formed by cross-linking of polyvinyl alcohol with a boron compound, used as a plaything or to demonstrate physical properties.
- rubberwoodThe wood of the Pará rubber tree.
- rubberneckSomeone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring.
- rubberwearFetishwear made of rubber.
- rubberneckingThe act of slowing down while driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
- rubberfulEnough to fill a rubber (any sense).
- rubberismFetishism for rubber or rubberwear.
- rubberlessWithout rubber (the material).
- rubberistSomeone with a fetish for rubber or rubberwear.
- cyclorubbercyclized rubber