Meaning

18 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable, usually)Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.

    Gummi, Kautschuk

    рези́наrezína, каучу́кkaučúk

    гу́маhúma, каучу́кkaučúk

  2. (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

  3. (Australia, Brunei, India, New Zealand, UK, countable, usually)An eraser.

  4. (Canada, US, countable, slang, usually)A condom, especially an external condom.

    Gummi, Kondom, Präservativ

    презервати́вprezervatív, рези́нкаrezínka, гондо́нgondón

  5. (countable, usually)Someone or something which rubs.

  6. Someone or something which rubs.

    (countable, uncountable, usually)One who rubs down horses.

  7. (countable, uncountable, usually)One who practises massage.

  8. (countable, uncountable, usually)A coarse towel for rubbing the body.

  9. (countable, uncountable, usually)An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.

  10. (historical, uncountable, usually)The cushion of an electric machine.

  11. (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.

  12. (Canada, US, in the plural, uncountable, usually)Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.

    Johnny, don't forget your rubbers today.

    гало́шиgalóši, кало́шиkalóši

Examples

127 sentences
  1. Do you smell rubber burning?

    Відчуваєш сморід горілої гуми?

    ruТы чувствуешь запах палёной резины?

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  2. I'm allergic to synthetic rubber.

    У мене алергія на синтетичну гуму.

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  3. Tom put on rubber gloves.

    Том вдягнув гумові рукавички.

    ruТом надел резиновые перчатки.

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  4. Tom bought a pair of rubber boots.

    ruТом купил резиновые сапоги.

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  5. Tom was looking for a rubber band.

    deTom suchte ein Gummiband.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree:
Русский
By meaning 4
pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree:
condom:
water resistant shoe covers:
tires:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree:
condom:

Origin

From rub + -er.

From rub + -er.

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Forms

plural: rubbers
Singularrubber
Pluralrubbers

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

83 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rubber — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto