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crepe rubber
noun
- a type of crude or sometimes synthetic rubber pressed into crinkled sheets, used especially in making shoe soles.
crepe rubber
noun
- 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 tocrepe Compare smoked rubber
- a similar synthetic rubber
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crepe rubber1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
The only other defect of crepe rubber which has any bearing on its use in manufacture is mould.
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It is transferred to the crepe rubber in the manner indicated above.
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This darkening of crepe rubber may be attributed to a slow process of oxidation, which continues until the rubber is dry.
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In the preparation of crepe rubber heavy machinery is necessary, and ample engine-power must be available.
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It should only be necessary to point out that essentially block rubber is merely pressed crepe rubber.
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