adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   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."

Adjective

1. 1
   having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness wordnet
2. 2
   difficult to chew wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

rubberlikeable to adaptadaptableadjustablealterablealterative

Example

More examples

"What a bad restaurant! The beef was so rubbery I thought I'd never finish chewing it."

Etymology

From rubber + -y.

Related phrases

rubbery figures

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