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rubber stamps

rubber stamps is the plural of rubber stamp.

rubber stamps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rubber stamp.

Meaning of rubber stamp

Noun

rubber stamp (plural rubber stamps)

  1. (literally) A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.
    • The library had a rubber stamp to imprint the due date.
  2. (figuratively) A person or organization that approves, routinely or as a formality, matters decided by some other person or organization.
    • During the Roman principate, the senate largely served as a rubber stamp for the emperor.

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Questions about rubber stamps

What is rubber stamps the plural of?
Rubber stamps is the plural of rubber stamp.

Words near rubber stamps in the dictionary

  1. rubber shoes
  2. rubber stamp
  3. rubber stamp politics
  4. rubber stamped
  5. rubber stamping
  6. rubber stamps
  7. rubber tapper
  8. rubber tappers
  9. rubber tramp
  10. rubber tramped
  11. rubber tramping

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