rubber
Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber treePliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
» Do you smell rubber burning?
Ты чувствуешь запах палёной резины?
Відчуваєш сморід горілої гуми?
Meaning
18 senses(countable, uncountable, usually)Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
Gummi, Kautschuk
рези́наrezína, каучу́кkaučúk
гу́маhúma, каучу́кkaučúk
(countable, uncountable, usually)Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber.
Gummi, Kautschuk
рези́наrezína
any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
(Australia, Brunei, India, New Zealand, UK, countable, usually)An eraser.
(Canada, US, countable, slang, usually)A condom, especially an external condom.
Gummi, Kondom, Präservativ
презервати́вprezervatív, рези́нкаrezínka, гондо́нgondón
(countable, usually)Someone or something which rubs.
Someone or something which rubs.
(countable, uncountable, usually)One who rubs down horses.
(countable, uncountable, usually)One who practises massage.
(countable, uncountable, usually)A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
(countable, uncountable, usually)An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.
(historical, uncountable, usually)The cushion of an electric machine.
(countable, usually)The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
Jones toes the rubber and then fires to the plate.
(Canada, US, in the plural, uncountable, usually)Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
Johnny, don't forget your rubbers today.
гало́шиgalóši, кало́шиkalóši
Examples
127 sentencesDo you smell rubber burning?
Відчуваєш сморід горілої гуми?
ruТы чувствуешь запах палёной резины?
I'm allergic to synthetic rubber.
У мене алергія на синтетичну гуму.
Tom put on rubber gloves.
Том вдягнув гумові рукавички.
ruТом надел резиновые перчатки.
Tom bought a pair of rubber boots.
ruТом купил резиновые сапоги.
Tom was looking for a rubber band.
deTom suchte ein Gummiband.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From rub + -er.From rub + -er.
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Forms
plural: rubbersSynonyms
19 synonyms- an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products:natural rubberIndia rubbergum elasticcaoutchouc
- any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber:synthetic rubber
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse:condomsafetysafeprophylactic
- an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil:rubber eraserpencil eraser
- a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow:arcticgaloshgoloshgumshoe
Word family
83 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable