hard rubber

noun — 2 senses

hard rubber

noun
1

Vulcanized rubber: ebonite.

  • The development of hard rubber in the nineteenth century laid the groundwork for pneumatic tire technology.
2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, rubber: any rubber that is not very soft and pliable.

  • The device sits on little feet made of some kind of hard rubber.

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