What does rubbery mean?
Rubbery means Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency..
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/ˈɹʌbəɹi/ · adjective
Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency..
What a bad restaurant! The beef was so rubbery I thought I'd never finish chewing it.
In this same temperature range, however, the leg is at its rubberiest.
If you boil it for hours, it becomes rubbery and overcooked.
CJ Biomaterials was the first company in the world to produce amorphous PHA, it says, which is a softer, rubberier version of PHA that offers fundamentally different performance characteristics than crystalline or semi-crystalline forms of the biopolymer.
Use rubbery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rubbery means Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency..
Common synonyms include tough, elastic, gristly, cartilaginous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
What a bad restaurant! The beef was so rubbery I thought I'd never finish chewing it.
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