rubber cement

American  

noun

1. a viscous, flammable liquid consisting of unvulcanized rubber dispersed in benzene, gasoline, or the like, used chiefly as an adhesive.

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rubber cement British  

noun

1. any of a number of adhesives made by dissolving rubber in a solvent such as benzene

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Etymology

Origin of rubber cement

First recorded in 1890–95

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• contact cement vs. rubber cement

Example Sentences

When desktop publishing arrived in the 1980s, he was a graphic designer using triangles and rubber cement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

In those early days, the Archie McPhee team got the word out through its catalog, which was created using an old Pentax SLR film camera, IBM typewriter and rubber cement.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023

He often brought work home, using an X-Acto knife and rubber cement to cut and paste layouts, decades before I'd learn to do so on a Mac.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2022

“Bob had built an eight- or ten-foot X out of plywood,” Doe recalls, “took it out to the desert, covered it in rubber cement because it burned slower and burned it and filmed it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2020

Thanks to rubber cement and oil paint, our toilet could quickly be repaired.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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