rubber

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
2. (countable, uncountable, usually) Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as 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.
5. (countable, usually) Someone or something which rubs.
6. (countable, uncountable, usually) Someone or something which rubs.
7. (countable, uncountable, usually) Someone or something which rubs.
8. (countable, uncountable, usually) Someone or something which rubs.
9. (countable, uncountable, usually) Someone or something which rubs.
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.
12. (Canada, US, in-plural, uncountable, usually) Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
13. (slang, uncountable, usually) Tires, particularly racing tires.
14. (dated, slang, uncountable, usually) A hardship or misfortune.

Adj

Not covered by funds on account.

Verb

1. To eavesdrop on a telephone call
2. (slang) To rubberneck; to observe with unseemly curiosity.

Sinónimos

eraser

condom

caoutchouc

gum

India rubber

prophylactic

safety

natural rubber

safe

india rubber

tire

gum elastic

sheath

india-rubber

French letter

latex

elastic

raincoat

resin

grater

gumshoe

eraser

glue

pussy can

rubber eraser

rubberise

rasp

American letter

golosh

American sock

masseur

rubberize

cock-sock

tyre

synthetic rubber

pencil eraser

plastic

no-good

galosh

masseuse

franger

Arctic

French letter

backgammon

bad

👎

bridge

cribbage

cutter

gutta-percha

inner tube

Traducións

caoutchouc

Gummi

goma

gomma

gomme

caucho

borracha

préservatif

caucciù

Radiergummi

rubber

Kautschuk

condom

goma

Kondom

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈɹʌbə/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From rub + -er.
The sense of the substance comes from its ability to function as an eraser, displacing earlier caoutchouc. The senses not having to do with rubbing or erasing are secondarily derived from the name of the substance.