Rubber

Noun

 * 1)  Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.
 * 2)  Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber.
 * 3)  An eraser.
 * 4)   A condom.
 * 5)  Not covered by funds on account.
 * 6)  Someone or something which rubs.
 * 7)  The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
 * Jones toes the rubber and then fires to the plate.
 * 1)  Water resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
 * Johnny, don't forget your rubbers today.
 * 1)  Tires, particularly racing tires.
 * Jones enters the pits to get new rubber.
 * 1)  A series of games, contests - in Davis cup tennis, cards

Synonyms

 * see Thesaurus:condom.

Derived terms

 * rubberize
 * rubbery

Noun

 * 1)  A series of an odd number of games or matches of which a majority must be won (thus precluding a tie).
 * 2)  A game or match played to break a tie.

Thesaurus
Buna, Butyl rubber, IUD, India rubber, Lastex, Paul Pry, ace, bag, baleen, battledore, best bower, birth control device, blubber, bower, breeze, butt-in, butter, caoutchouc, cards, caucho, chewing gum, clay, clubs, cold rubber, condom, contraceptive, contraceptive foam, crepe, crepe rubber, crude rubber, cushion, deck, deuce, diamonds, diaphragm, dough, down, dummy, ebonite, eiderdown, elastic, elastomer, eradicator, eraser, expunger, face cards, feather bed, feathers, fleece, floss, flue, fluff, flush, foam, full house, gum, gum elastic, hand, handball, hearts, intermeddler, intrauterine device, jack, joker, jumping jack, kapok, king, knave, latex, left bower, nose, oral contraceptive, pack, pair, pessary, picture cards, pillow, playing cards, plush, polyurethane rubber, prophylactic, pudding, puff, putty, queen, quidnunc, racket, round, royal flush, rubber ball, rubber band, rubberized, rubberlike, rubberneck, rubbery, ruff, satin, silicone rubber, silk, singleton, skin, snoop, spades, spandex, spermicidal jelly, spermicide, sponge, spring, springboard, straight, stretch fabric, swansdown, synthetic rubber, the pill, thistledown, trampoline, trey, trick, trump, velvet, wax, whalebone, wool, zephyr

Etymology 1
In the sense of an eraser, ; in the sense of pliable material, derived from the previous sense of eraser; the other senses derived from the pliable material sense.

Etymology 2
Origin unknown.

Noun

 * Albanian: gomë
 * Catalan: cautxú
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 橡膠, 橡胶, 橡皮
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: kumi, kautsu, luonnonkumi
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ελαστικό κόμμι
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: gúmmí
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 고무
 * Latvian: gumija
 * Malay: getah
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: cauciuc
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Taos: úliną
 * Vietnamese:


 * Catalan: goma
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ;  合成ゴム


 * Latvian: gumija
 * Norwegian: kunstgummi
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: borracha
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Catalan: goma, goma d'esborrar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 橡皮, 橡皮擦子
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: gum
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Japanese:


 * Latvian: dzēšgumija
 * Norwegian: viskelær
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , стёрка
 * Spanish: goma de borrar, borrador , borra
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: gummi, suddgummi, radergummi
 * Volapük: radagum


 * Catalan: condó
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, презерватив, гондон
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: gummi


 * Swahili:


 * Swahili:


 * Finnish:
 * Greek: γαλότσες
 * Norwegian: kalosj


 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Finnish: kumi/kumit
 * German:
 * Greek: λάστιχα
 * Hungarian:, gumiabroncs


 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:, bilgummi
 * Russian: шина, резина
 * Swahili:


 * : rubber (1), gomlastiek  (2), uitveër  (3), kondoom  (4)
 * : (maTTaaT)
 * : rubber (1), kunstrubber  (2), gom  (3), condoom  (4)
 * : caoutchouc (1), gomme  (3), capote  (4)
 * : gomma, gomma da cancellare (3)
 * : 고무 (gomu)
 * : caucho (1), goma  (1), hule  (1); condón  (4)
 * : gummi
 * : மீள்மம் (meeLmam)

Noun

 * 1) rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)