rubber¹ /rubˈər/

1. A person or thing that rubs or massages
2. An eraser
3. A thing for rubbing with, such as a hard brush, a file, a whetstone, emery cloth, a coarse towel, etc
4. A rubbing part of a machine
5. A cabinetmaker's pad for polishing
6. A soft brick that can be cut and smoothed
7. An uneven place
8. A rub or impediment in bowls
9. A rebuff or irritating experience
10. Caoutchouc, india-rubber, or a substitute
11. A piece of india-rubber, esp for erasing, or as part of a brake
12. (in pl) plimsolls or india-rubber overshoes (orig US)
13. A rubberneck (US)
14. A condom (chiefly N American)
15. (in pl) a sheep disease with heat accompanied by itchiness

Of, yielding or concerned with india-rubber

To coat, cover or provide with rubber

To rubberneck

rubbˈeriness noun

rubbˈerize or rubbˈerise transitive verb

To treat or coat with rubber

rubbˈery adjective

Resembling rubber in appearance or texture

rubber band noun

A thin loop of rubber used to hold things together

rubber bullet noun

A hard rubber cylinder fired from a special type of gun, used in riot control

rubber cement noun

An adhesive made of rubber dissolved in a solvent

rubber cheque or (N American) check noun (facetious)

A cheque that bounces

rubber chicken circuit noun (esp N Am sl)

A lecture tour, round of political campaigning, etc characterized by the provision of bland, unappetizing food to the participants

rubbˈer-cored adjective

(of a golf ball) having a tightly wound band of rubber enclosed in a guttapercha cover

rubber goods plural noun (euphemistic)

Condoms

rubbˈerneck noun (orig US sl)

1. An over-inquisitive or gaping person
2. A tourist, esp one who sightsees from a tour coach

intransitive verb

To behave as a rubberneck

transitive verb

To stare at

rubber plant noun

1. Any of various plants from whose sap rubber is made, especially Ficus elastica, often grown as an ornamental pot-plant
2. A rubber tree

rubber room noun (US sl)

1. A room padded with foam rubber in a psychiatric hospital, etc
2. A tedious job with poor working conditions (rubbˈer-room adjective; figurative)

rubber solution noun

A solution of rubber in naphtha or carbon disulphide, for repairing pneumatic tyres

rubber stamp noun

1. A stamp of rubber for making inked impressions
2. A person unquestioningly devoted to routine or officialdom
3. An automatic or unthinking agreement or authorization
4. A person or people making such an agreement, etc

rubbˈer-stamp transitive verb

1. To imprint with a rubber stamp
2. To approve without exercise of judgement

rubber tree noun

A tropical American tree (Hevea brasiliensis) grown for its latex, a source of rubber

rubbˈerwear noun

Rubber clothing

rubber² /rubˈər/, also rub /rub/

1. Formerly in bowls (also rubbers, sing or pl), now chiefly in bridge and whist, the winning of, or play for, the best of three games (sometimes five)
2. Any spell of card-playing
3. Used generally of a series of games in various sports, such as cricket, tennis, etc
4. A rub (bowls; see rub¹)

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