rubberized

adjective

rub·​ber·​ized ˈrə-bə-ˌrīzd How to pronounce rubberized (audio)
: coated or saturated with rubber or a rubber solution

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In 2017, the Court ruled that a church-run preschool couldn't be excluded from accessing state funding for rubberized playground surface material that the state of Missouri had offered to secular groups. Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025 Besides being relatively lightweight, this chainsaw boasts an ergonomic rubberized grip handle and a large trigger switch. Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2024 In 2023, the TV star posed for Steven Klein in rubberized and faux leather swimwear looks. Renan Botelho, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025 About two hundred day-care facilities have been turned into nursing homes, sometimes with the same directors, the same rubberized play floors, and the same crayons. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rubberized

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rubberized was in 1908

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“Rubberized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubberized. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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rubberized

adjective
rub·​ber·​ized ˈrəb-ə-ˌrīzd How to pronounce rubberized (audio)
: coated or soaked with rubber
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