hard rubber
hard rubber · hard rubbers
ебоніт
эбонит
Ebonit
Vulcanized rubber: eboniteVulcanized rubber: ebonite.
» After a few weeks, doctors made Cleveland a new jaw out of hard rubber.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Vulcanized rubber: ebonite.
The development of hard rubber in the nineteenth century laid the groundwork for pneumatic tire technology.
(countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, rubber: any rubber that is not very soft and pliable.
The device sits on little feet made of some kind of hard rubber.
More definitions
- a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber
Examples
1 sentencesAfter a few weeks, doctors made Cleveland a new jaw out of hard rubber.
Forms
plural: hard rubbers| Singular | hard rubber |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable