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

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

To stabilize the chemicals, the Frees experimented with rubber cement, potato starch, varnish, plaster of Paris and egg albumin before settling on gelatin, which appeared to work best.

From Seattle Times

His recollection of his unflappable mother using table salt to extinguish a raging fire he’d set while playing with a lighter and rubber cement.

From Washington Post

“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

Hal sprays the tire with soapy water to locate the bubbly leak, splotches on some rubber cement, sticks in a plug, and charges them fifty bucks.

From Literature

Related Words

• adhesive
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