- rubberlike
- adjective Date: 1922 resembling rubber especially in physical properties (as elasticity and toughness)
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
rubberlike
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elastomer — elastomeric /i las teuh mer ik/, adj. /i las teuh meuhr/, n. Chem. an elastic substance occurring naturally, as natural rubber, or produced synthetically, as butyl rubber or neoprene. [1935 40; ELAST(IC) + O + Gk méros a part] * * * ▪ chemical… … Universalium
neoprene — /nee euh preen /, n. Chem. an oil resistant synthetic rubber: used chiefly in paints, putties, linings for tanks and chemical apparatus, and in crepe soles for shoes. [1935 40; NEO + (CHLORO)PRENE] * * * Any of a class of elastomers (rubberlike… … Universalium
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drain — 1. To remove fluid from a cavity as it forms, e.g., to d. an abscess. 2. A device, usually in the shape of a tube or wick, for removing fluid as it collects in a cavity, especially a wound cavity. [A. S. drehnian, to draw off] cigarette d. a wick … Medical dictionary
