MEANING
Flexible, springy, or resistant in a way resembling rubber.
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Words that belong together
- rubbery texture
- rubbery consistency
On the page
The rubbery coating bent without splitting.
Word forms
- Base
- rubbery
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more rubbery; superlative most rubbery. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.
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