| crepe rubber |
soft or synthetic rubber of a crinkled texture, esp. used for shoe soles. |
| foam rubber |
a firm, light rubber that feels like sponge. Foam rubber is often used to make seats and mattresses. |
| hard rubber |
rubber made tough and inflexible by treating it with sulfur at a high heat, used for hair combs, insulation, and the like. |
| India rubber |
(sometimes l.c.) a crude natural rubber. [2 definitions] |
| Para rubber |
crude rubber obtained from any of several tropical spurge trees of South America. |
| rubber band |
a narrow loop of rubber used to hold objects together. |
| rubber cement |
an adhesive made of unvulcanized rubber suspended in a volatile solvent. |
| rubber check |
a check that is worthless because the account it is drawn on lacks the funds to pay it; check that bounces. |
| rubber plant |
any of several plants that yield a milky sap from which crude rubber can be coagulated. [2 definitions] |
| rubber stamp |
a hand-held device with a flat rubber surface into which lettering or a design has been pressed, used by inking the rubber surface and pressing it on a piece of paper or the like to transfer the lettering or design. [2 definitions] |
| rubber-stamp |
to print with a rubber stamp. [3 definitions] |
| silicone rubber |
a rubberlike polymer processed from silicone, which retains its resilience in a wide temperature range. |
| sponge rubber |
a light porous spongelike rubber used in rubber balls, gaskets, insulation, and the like; foam rubber. |