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rubbery

/ˈɹʌbəɹi/

rubbery adjective: of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency.

Adjective

rubbery (comparative rubberier, superlative rubberiest)

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency.
    • What a bad restaurant! The beef was so rubbery I thought I'd never finish chewing it.
    • In this same temperature range, however, the leg is at its rubberiest.1988 April 29, Harold McGee, “Curious Cook; Why the Rubber Chicken Leg Can Bounce Across the Road”, in The New York Times

Examples of rubbery in a sentence

  • Two eggs gives a very omelettey flavour and a rubbery texture.
  • Weighing in at four pounds, the lobster was rubbery and tasteless from stem to stern.
  • The thick, rubbery skin toned in with the dress Nance was wearing for the country.

All 14 example sentences with rubbery

Forms of rubbery

comparativerubberier
superlativerubberiest

Origin of rubbery

From rubber + -y.

Words formed from rubbery

Questions about rubbery

What does rubbery mean?
Rubbery means of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency.
What part of speech is rubbery?
Rubbery is an adjective.
How do you pronounce rubbery?
Rubbery is pronounced /ˈɹʌbəɹi/.

Words near rubbery in the dictionary

  1. rubberstamps
  2. rubberwear
  3. rubberweed
  4. rubberweeds
  5. rubberwood
  6. rubbery
  7. rubbery figures
  8. rubbest
  9. rubbeth
  10. rubbidge
  11. rubbidges

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