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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

rubberlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English rubber Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English rubberlike From rubber + -like.

Meanings

  1. Having the characteristics of rubber.
    • In the early 1940's, Mr. McIntire said, he was trying to develop a rubberlike polymer to be used as a flexible insulator. 1996 April 2, Julia Campbell, “Ray McIntire, 77, Dow Engineer And the Inventor Of Styrofoam”, in The New York Times:

Forms

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more rubberlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most rubberlike Degree=Sup lexicographic