Rubber (disambiguation)
Natural rubber is a latex material, originally from the Para rubber tree.
Rubber may also refer to:
Science and industry
- Synthetic rubber, general term for many types of man-made rubbers
- Latex, the sap from various plants, including the rubber tree, that is a major component in the production of natural rubber
- Latex (polymer), a stable dispersion (emulsion) of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium
- Elastomer, frequently used interchangeably with 'rubber' to describe elastic polymeric (rubbery) materials, particularly man-made rubbers
Entertainment
Recreation and sports
- Rubber, two 100-point games in contract bridge
- In baseball, the rubber is the thin white slab on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher throws, or at times, the pitcher's mound in general
- In cricket, an individual game in a series of matches
- In tennis, an individual game in a series of matches
Language
- In American English, a slang term for condoms
- In British and Canadian English, an eraser used to remove pencil markings from paper
- In British English, a slang term for galoshes (rubber boots)
Literature
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