rubber latex
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rubber latex
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Robert Overby‘s full-scale latex casts of ordinary L.A. architectural facades come to mind, as do Lynda Benglis’ floor-bound Day-Glo pours of liquid rubber latex, made in New York.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024
Naturally occurring rubber latex is soft and stretchy.
From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2023
Relaxation will be harder: no more foamed rubber latex auto cushions, Pullman cushions, home and hospital mattresses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Elasticity -- N. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy. rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic. flexibility, Young's modulus.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
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