ENGLISH: rubber - CREOLE: kaoutchou



Overview of noun rubber



The noun rubber has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (4) rubber, natural rubber, India rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc -- (an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products)

2. rubber, synthetic rubber -- (any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber)

3. rubber eraser, rubber, pencil eraser -- (an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil)

4. condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic -- (contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse)

5. arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe -- (a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow)



Overview of verb rubber



The verb rubber has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. rubberize, rubberise, rubber -- (coat or impregnate with rubber; "rubberize fabric for rain coats")



Overview of adj rubber



The adj rubber has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. rubber, no-good -- (returned for lack of funds; "a rubber check"; "a no-good check")

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