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Rubber has several meanings including:

Natural rubber, a latex material, originally from the Para rubber tree
Para rubber tree

The Par? rubber tree , often simply called rubber tree , is a tree belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae and the most economically important member of the genus Hevea....
Latex
LaTeX

LaTeX is a document markup language and Word processor for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as ....
, the sap from various plants, including the rubber tree, that is a major component in the production of natural rubber.
Latex (polymer)
Latex (polymer)

Latex is a name collectively given to a group of similar preparations consisting of stable dispersions of polymer microparticles in a liquid matrix ....
- A stable dispersion (emulsion) of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium.
Elastomer
Elastomer

An elastomer is a polymer with the property of elasticity. The term, which is derived from elastic polymer, is often used interchangeably with the term rubber, and is preferred when referring to vulcanization....
, frequently used interchangeably with 'rubber' to describe elastic polymeric (rubbery) materials, particularly man-made rubbers
Synthetic rubber
Synthetic rubber

Synthetic rubber is any type of artificially made polymer material, which acts as an elastomer. An elastomer is a material with the mechanical property that it can undergo much more Elasticity deformation under stress, than most materials and still return to its previous size without permanent deformation....
, general term for many types of man-made rubbers
Rubber, two 100-point games in contract bridge
Contract bridge

Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking game card game of game of skill and game of chance . It is played by four players who form two partnerships; the partners sit opposite each other at a table....
In baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
, the rubber is the thin white slab on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher throws, or at times, the pitcher's mound in general
In some sports, including tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
and cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
, an individual game in a series of matches
Rubber, a name adopted by the band Harem Scarem
Harem Scarem

Harem Scarem were a Canada hard rock band from Toronto, Ontario. The band achieved popularity in their native Canada in the early 1990's. The band scored one major hit, "Slowly Slipping Away", in 1991....
from 1999 - 2001
Rubber (Gilby Clarke album)
Rubber (Gilby Clarke album)

Rubber is the third solo album by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, released in 1998....
, a solo album by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke
Another term for galoshes
Galoshes

Galoshes , also known as gumshoes, dickersons, or overshoes, are a type of rubber boot that is slipped over shoes to keep them from getting muddy or wet....
Slang term for condoms
An eraser
Eraser

An eraser or rubber is an article of stationery that is used for removing pencil and sometimes pen writings. Erasers have a rubbery consistency and are often white, brown or pink, although modern materials allow them to be made in any color....