rubber vs spoke

rubber

noun
  • The cushion of an electric machine. 

  • An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports). 

  • A coarse towel for rubbing the body. 

  • An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc. 

  • Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes. 

  • Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber. 

  • An eraser. 

  • One who practises massage. 

  • A condom. 

  • The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch. 

  • One who rubs down horses. 

  • Tires, particularly racing tires. 

  • Someone or something which rubs. 

  • A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie. 

  • The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist). 

  • Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene. 

  • The game of rubber bridge. 

adj
  • Not covered by funds on account. 

verb
  • To rubberneck; to observe with unseemly curiosity. 

  • To eavesdrop on a telephone call 

spoke

noun
  • A projecting handle of a steering wheel. 

  • A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. 

  • A rung of a ladder. 

  • One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation. 

  • A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill. 

verb
  • simple past tense of speak 

  • To furnish (a wheel) with spokes. 

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