rubber
rub|ber /r'ʌbər/ (rubbers)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Rubber is a strong, waterproof, elastic substance made from the juice of a tropical tree or produced chemically. It is used for making tyres, boots, and other products.
...the smell of burning rubber.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Rubber things are made of rubber.
...rubber gloves.
3 [N-COUNT]
A rubber is a small piece of rubber or other material that is used to remove mistakes that you have made while writing, drawing, or typing. (BRIT; in AM, use eraser)
4 [N-COUNT]
A rubber is a condom. (AM INFORMAL)rub|ber band (rubber bands)
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A rubber band is a thin circle of very elastic rubber. You put it around things such as papers in order to keep them together.
= elastic bandrub|ber boot (rubber boots)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Rubber boots are long boots made of rubber that you wear to keep your feet dry. (AM; in BRIT, use wellington)rub|ber bul|let (rubber bullets)
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A rubber bullet is a bullet made of a metal ball coated with rubber. It is intended to injure people rather than kill them, and is used by police or soldiers to control crowds during a riot.
Rubber bullets were used to break up the demonstration.rub|ber plant (rubber plants)
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A rubber plant is a type of plant with shiny leaves. It grows naturally in Asia but is also grown as a house plant in other parts of the world.rub|ber stamp (rubber stamps rubber stamping rubber stamped)
also rubber-stamp
1 [N-COUNT]
A rubber stamp is a small device with a name, date, or symbol on it. You press it on to an ink pad and then on to a document in order to show that the document has been officially dealt with.
In Post Offices, virtually every document that's passed across the counter is stamped with a rubber stamp.
2 [VERB] V n
When someone in authority rubber-stamps a decision, plan, or law, they agree to it without thinking about it much.
Parliament's job is to rubber-stamp his decisions...
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Rubber is a strong, waterproof, elastic substance made from the juice of a tropical tree or produced chemically. It is used for making tyres, boots, and other products.
...the smell of burning rubber.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Rubber things are made of rubber.
...rubber gloves.
3 [N-COUNT]
A rubber is a small piece of rubber or other material that is used to remove mistakes that you have made while writing, drawing, or typing. (BRIT; in AM, use eraser)
4 [N-COUNT]
A rubber is a condom. (AM INFORMAL)rub|ber band (rubber bands)
[N-COUNT]
A rubber band is a thin circle of very elastic rubber. You put it around things such as papers in order to keep them together.
= elastic bandrub|ber boot (rubber boots)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Rubber boots are long boots made of rubber that you wear to keep your feet dry. (AM; in BRIT, use wellington)rub|ber bul|let (rubber bullets)
[N-COUNT]
A rubber bullet is a bullet made of a metal ball coated with rubber. It is intended to injure people rather than kill them, and is used by police or soldiers to control crowds during a riot.
Rubber bullets were used to break up the demonstration.rub|ber plant (rubber plants)
[N-COUNT]
A rubber plant is a type of plant with shiny leaves. It grows naturally in Asia but is also grown as a house plant in other parts of the world.rub|ber stamp (rubber stamps rubber stamping rubber stamped)
also rubber-stamp
1 [N-COUNT]
A rubber stamp is a small device with a name, date, or symbol on it. You press it on to an ink pad and then on to a document in order to show that the document has been officially dealt with.
In Post Offices, virtually every document that's passed across the counter is stamped with a rubber stamp.
2 [VERB] V n
When someone in authority rubber-stamps a decision, plan, or law, they agree to it without thinking about it much.
Parliament's job is to rubber-stamp his decisions...