foam rubber

noun

Origin of foam rubber

First recorded in 1940–45

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The prototypes are built from a recyclable flat foam-rubber called ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA).
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He came equipped with a destructive technology: resilient foam rubber he'd glued to his racket.
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The soft foam rubber adjusted around his face, and he was looking into blackness.
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The outside of Dillon looked remarkably like something made out of foam-rubber.
The Invaders | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Cochrane lay down in a contour-chair with an eight-inch mattress of foam rubber.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins

It was wide and hard, foam rubber over steel, and he kneaded it, digging his fingers in.
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Instead of fiber, the floor seemed to have been covered a foot deep with foam rubber.
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