india rubber
india rubber noun: the latex obtained from certain trees of several families, especially Hevea brasiliensis, widely cultivated in Asia.
Noun (1)
india rubber (countable and uncountable, plural india rubbers)
- The latex obtained from certain trees of several families, especially Hevea brasiliensis, widely cultivated in Asia.
- The rubber made from this latex.
- An examination showed that one of the india-rubber bands which was round the head of a driving-rod had shrunk so as not quite to fill the socket along which it worked.1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
- The latter is a bell-jar...having a wide neck, closed by an indiarubber cork.1897 December, Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees, “Condensation of water vapour in the presence of dust-free air and other gases”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, →DOI, page...
- An eraser made from this rubber.
Noun (2) capitalized: India rubber
India rubber (countable and uncountable, plural India rubbers)
- Alternative letter-case form of india rubber.
Forms of india rubber
| plural | india rubbers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | indiarubber |
| alternative form | india-rubber |
| alternative form | India rubber |
| plural | India rubbers |
Words formed from india rubber
Questions about india rubber
- What does india rubber mean?
- India rubber means the latex obtained from certain trees of several families, especially Hevea brasiliensis, widely cultivated in Asia.
- What part of speech is india rubber?
- India rubber is a noun.
- What is the plural of india rubber?
- The plural of india rubber is india rubbers.
Words near india rubber in the dictionary
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