rubber
/ˈɹʌbɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "For example, they may use paddle pop sticks, hand span, pencils, rubbers, mathematics equipment (i.e. base 10 material) or anything else the teacher can find to measure the lengths of nominated objects."
- "Drawing materials, he thought, I used to love drawing as a lad. I can afford some plain paper and pencils, surely? And a rubber, too. He smiled at the memory of an elderly uncle, also fond of drawing, who′d always called rubbers ‘lead eaters’."
- "Stan stole a diary and some pens, pencils, ink and rubbers during his early days as a POW working on the Singapore docks."
- "And the rubbers you hide / In your top left pocket"
- "Don't have sex, because you will get pregnant and die! Don't have sex in the missionary position, don't have sex standing up, just don't do it, OK, promise? OK, now everybody take some rubbers."
- "My daddy said "Treat young girls like your mother" / My momma said "Trust no hoe, use a rubber""
Etymology
From rub + -er. The sense of the substance comes from its ability to function as an eraser, displacing earlier caoutchouc. The senses not pertaining to rubbing or erasing are secondarily derived from the name of the substance.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹʌbɚ/
- British English: /ˈɹʌbə/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Australian usage
- Indian usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage
- Canadian usage
- American usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Synonyms
natural rubber
condom
cum catcher
rubber
pitcher's plate
pitcher's rubber
I wouldn't take a check from him. They're pure rubber.
hot
bad