rubberize

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verb

To coat with rubber or a similar material.

“rubberized silk”

Scrabble 22

Meanings

verbrubberize (third-person singular simple present rubberizes, present participle rubberizing, simple past and past participle rubberized)

present singular third person rubberizes · participle present rubberizing · participle past rubberized · past rubberized

  1. transitiveTo coat with rubber or a similar material.

    rubberized silk

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcoat or impregnate with rubber

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*rubbōną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*rubbōn?
  3. Middle Englishrubben
  4. Englishrub
  5. Englishrubber
  6. Englishrubberize

From rubber + -ize.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian гумирам
  • гумирам (gumiram)to coat with rubber
Catalan cautxutar
  • cautxutarto coat with rubber
German gummieren
  • gummierento coat with rubber
Cite this entry
APA

rubberize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubberize

MLA

“rubberize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubberize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rubberize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubberize.

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