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rubber cement
noun
: an adhesive consisting typically of a dispersion of vulcanized rubber in an organic solvent
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Patch Large Tears with a Hose Mender Kit When the hose has large holes or tears, a simple rubber cement seal won't hold.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2024
Once the hose is dry, apply rubber cement to and around the hole, filling in the hole as much as possible without forcing excess rubber cement into the hose.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2024
He’s never had so many art supplies: pastels in every color, rubber cement, gummy erasers.
—Beth Bachmann, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
Drizzle rubber cement over the dry egg.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 8 Mar. 2021
Stickum—the color of butterscotch, the consistency of rubber cement—became commonplace in the woolly 1970s NFL, especially in Oakland, where the Raiders wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff raised its use to an art.
—Rich Cohen, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2023
Glue the bodies of each pair of cutouts together using crafts glue or rubber cement.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022
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.
—New York Times, 3 May 2021
Let the rubber cement solidify, then dip the egg into a second cup of contrasting dye.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 8 Mar. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1849, in the meaning defined above
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“Rubber cement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubber%20cement. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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