Collocations for "rubber"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "rubber" in context.
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rubber
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- is made [with, out of] rubber
- a [hose, tube] made of rubber
- wear rubbers in the rain
- could smell burning rubber
- UK, slang: the [match, tie, game] was a dead rubber
- slang: burning rubber on the [streets, track, circuit]
- UK: use a rubber to [delete, erase] pencil marks
- rubber [tires, bands, balls]
- [tied, wrapped] with a rubber band
- scary rubber [spiders, creatures]
- wear rubber [boots, overcoats]
- sports: was a rubber match
'rubber' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
apron
- band
- bladder
- board
- burn
- cement
- chicken
- coated
- compound
- dead
- duck
- durable
- eraser
- foam
- gasket
- grip
- guard
- knob
- ladle
- lid
- liner
- mask
- nipple
- padding
- pellet
- resilient
- saddle
- screech
- sheath
- sole
- stamp
- stop
- streak
- stretch
- surface
- tip