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Rubber

The definition of rubber

1 - a substance used to make types, boots etc, which is made from the juice of a tropical tree or artificially

2 - a) a small piece of rubber or similar material used for removing pencil marks from paper

    b) an object used for cleaning marks from a blackboad

3 - informal a condom

4 - rubbers[plural] old-fashioned rubber shoes or boots that you wear over oldinary shoes when it rains or snow

5 - a series of games of bridge or cricket

6 - the piece of white rubber where the pitcher (=person who throws the ball) stands in a baseball game

(Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th Edition)