Rubber (disambiguation)
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Natural rubber is a latex material, originally from the Para rubber tree.
Rubber may also refer to:
In science and industry
- Synthetic rubber, general term for many types of man-made rubbers
- Latex, emulsions from various plants, and the major raw material in the production of natural rubber
- Elastomers, or elastic (rubbery) polymers, particularly man-made rubbers
In arts and entertainment
- Rubber (1936 film), a Dutch film
- Rubber (2010 film), a French film
- Rubber (Gilby Clarke album), 1998
- Rubber (novel), a 1990 Indian Tamil novel by Jeyamohan
- Rubber, a name adopted by the band Harem Scarem from 1999–2001
- Rubber (Harem Scarem album), 1999
In recreation and sports
- Rubber, two 100-point games in contract bridge
- In baseball, a slab from which the pitcher throws, or at times, the pitcher's mound itself
- In cricket, an individual game in a series of matches
- In tennis, an individual game in a series of matches
Other uses
- Condom, in American slang
- Eraser, in British and Australian English
- Galoshes (rubber boots), in British English
See also
- All pages beginning with "Rubber"
- All pages with titles containing rubber
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