Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rubbery

/ˈɹʌbəɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: rub-bery
IPA: /ˈɹʌbəɹi/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency.

Example Sentences

"What a bad restaurant! The beef was so rubbery I thought I'd never finish chewing it."
"In this same temperature range, however, the leg is at its rubberiest."
"If you boil it for hours, it becomes rubbery and overcooked."
"CJ Biomaterials was the first company in the world to produce amorphous PHA, it says, which is a softer, rubberier version of PHA that offers fundamentally different performance characteristics than crystalline or semi-crystalline forms of the biopolymer."

Etymology

Etymology tree English rubber Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English rubbery From rubber + -y.

Inflected Forms

rubberier (comparative) rubberiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

rubberily rubberiness

Phrases

rubbery figures

Synonyms

rubberlike cartilaginous gristly

Rhymes With

shrubbery

Questions

How do you pronounce rubbery?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹʌbəɹi/.
What does rubbery mean?: Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency.
Where does rubbery come from?: Etymology tree English rubber Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English rubbery From rubber + -y.

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