Definition of Rubber

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Rubber

One who, or that which, rubs.

An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning.

A coarse file, or the rough part of a file.

A whetstone; a rubstone.

An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc.

The cushion of an electrical machine.

One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath.

Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub.

In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, 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.

India rubber; caoutchouc.

An overshoe made of India rubber.

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Rubber Quotations

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"
George Will

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.
Theodor Adorno

With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road. Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose, silence of dark rubber, and fear of fine sand.
Federico Garcia Lorca

I used to dress up and impersonate our next-door neighbor, Miss Cox. She wore rubber boots, a wool hat, and her nose always dripped.
Tracey Ullman

Not only was it nearly impossible to hear because of these huge rubber ears we had to wear, but we also had these huge furry hands which were absolutely useless, especially if you had to scratch yourself.
Helena Bonham Carter

It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of expressions. All the rubber and makeup attached to your face left you with only a modest range of facial movements.
Helena Bonham Carter

When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war.
William Lyon Mackenzie King

I think - I think I've always been kind of - I used to think of myself as a piece of rubber when I was a kid because I was kind of very shy and very - very emotional about things, but I kind of would bounce back.
Lynn Redgrave

It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often what results is a tragedy for the country in which they are found. Making matters worse, the resulting riches from these resources rarely benefit the people of the country from which they come.
Edward Zwick

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.
Ryszard Kapuscinski

Rubber Translations

rubber in Dutch is elastiek, rubberen
rubber in Finnish is kondomi
rubber in German is Radiergummi, Gummi
rubber in Italian is gomma
rubber in Norwegian is gummi
rubber in Portuguese is borracha
rubber in Spanish is condom, goma, caucho, preservativo
rubber in Swedish is gummi

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