crepe rubber
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crepe rubber
n.
Rubber with a crinkled texture, used especially for shoe soles.
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crepe rubber
n
1. (Elements & Compounds) a type of crude natural rubber in the form of colourless or pale yellow crinkled sheets, prepared by pressing bleached coagulated latex through corrugated rollers: used for the soles of shoes and in making certain surgical and medical goods. Sometimes shortened to: crepe Compare smoked rubber
2. (Elements & Compounds) a similar synthetic rubber
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crepe′ rub′ber
(kreɪp)n.
a crude rubber pressed into crinkled sheets and used esp. for shoe soles. Also called crepe.
[1905–10]
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Noun 1. crepe rubber - crude natural rubber; used mainly for shoe soles
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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