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EBONITE

Dictionary entry overview: What does ebonite mean?

• EBONITE (noun)
The noun EBONITE has 1 sense:

1. a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber

Familiarity information: EBONITE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EBONITE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ebonite; hard rubber; vulcanite

Hypernyms ("ebonite" is a kind of...):

caoutchouc; gum elastic; India rubber; natural rubber; rubber (an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products)

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