rubber1
• noun 1 a tough elastic substance made from the latex of a tropical plant or synthetically. 2 Brit. a piece of such material used for erasing pencil marks. 3 N. Amer. informal a condom. 4 (rubbers) N. Amer. rubber boots; galoshes. — DERIVATIVES rubberize (also rubberise) verb rubbery adjective. — ORIGIN from RUB; an early use of the substance rubber was to rub out pencil marks.
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