white rubbern.
/ˌwʌɪt ˈrʌbə/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪt ˈrəbər/ Rubber that is pale or white in colour (naturally or artificially).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > rubber materials > [noun] > other rubber materials
white rubber1807
rubber cement1849
spreadsheet1863
pale crêpe1908
Sorbo1917
Onazote1920
paragutta1931
sponge rubber1932
pliofilm1934
1807 Morning Post 20 Jan. (advt.) Improved Indian Rubber..supplied with any quantity of the common thick White Rubber.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. White-rubber, caoutchouc mixed with..any white pigment [so] as to give a dead white color to it.
1889 Board of Trade Jrnl. July 84 We have there several Landolphias, which yield the best white rubber of commerce.
1907 Queensland Agric. Jrnl. 19 281 If tapped during the heat of the day, the latex coagulates immediately it issues from the bark, and turns at once into little lumps of soft white rubber.
1942 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 42 665/1 If your sheeting of maroon rubber becomes soft and gummy staining the muslin sheet, try white rubber (if you can still get it).
2009 Evening Standard (Nexis) 14 Oct. We had this David Chipperfield-designed white rubber floor, not very practical.
Compounds
white rubber vine n. a liana that is a source of white rubber, Landolphia owariensis (family Apocynaceae), of central and western Africa.
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1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 90 The white-rubber vine..grows in profusion in this part of the country.
1900 A. F. Mockler-Ferryman Brit. West Afr. 452 Landolphia owariensis (white rubber vine) yields the best rubber.
2008 J. Jackson Thief at End of World 311 White rubber vine and mbungu vine..particularly indigenous to tropical Africa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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