Rubber

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rubber \Rub"ber\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically:
        (a) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or
            cleaning.
        (b) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file.
        (c) A whetstone; a rubstone.


        (d) An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc or a synthetic
            rubber[4].
        (e) The cushion of an electrical machine.
        (f) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish
            bath.
        (g) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that
            grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. --Thackeray.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. In some games, as bridge or whist, the odd game, as the
        third or the fifth, which decides the winner when there is
        a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a
        contest determined by the winning of two out of three
        games; as, to play a rubber of whist. --Beaconsfield. "A
        rubber of cribbage." --Dickens.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. India rubber; caoutchouc; gum elastic; -- also called
        {natural rubber}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     4. Any substance, whether natural or synthetic, resembling
        India rubber with respect to its elasticity[1].
        [PJC]
  
     5. A low-cut overshoe made of natural or synthetic rubber[4],
        serving to keep the feet and shoes dry when walking in the
        rain or on a wet surface; -- usually used in the plural.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. A {condom}. [Slang]
        [PJC]
  
     {Antimony rubber}, an elastic durable variety of vulcanized
        caoutchouc of a red color. It contains antimony sulphide
        as an important constituent.
  
     {Hard rubber}, a kind of vulcanized caoutchouc which nearly
        resembles horn in texture, rigidity, etc.
  
     {India rubber}, caoutchouc. See {Caoutchouc}.
  
     {Rubber cloth}, cloth covered with caoutchouc for excluding
        water or moisture.
  
     {Rubber dam} (Dentistry), a shield of thin sheet rubber
        clasped around a tooth to exclude saliva from the tooth.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rubber
       adj 1: made of rubber and therefore water-repellent; "rubber boots"
              [syn: {rubberized}, {rubberised}]
       2: returned for lack of funds; "a rubber check"; "a no-good
          check" [syn: {no-good}]
       n 1: latex from trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and
            Ficus) [syn: {India rubber}, {gum elastic}, {caoutchouc}]
       2: an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with
          properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end
          of a pencil [syn: {rubber eraser}, {pencil eraser}]
       3: contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex
          sheath worn over the penis during intercourse [syn: {condom},
           {safety}, {safe}, {prophylactic}]
       4: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
          [syn: {arctic}, {galosh}, {golosh}, {gumshoe}]
       v : coat or impregnate with rubber; "rubberize fabric for rain
           coats" [syn: {rubberize}, {rubberise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  124 Moby Thesaurus words for "rubber":
     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