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A small, narrow loop of rubber or similar material used to hold items or body parts together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rubber band, elastic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: band, elastic device
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
rekkie
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Amharic:
ላስቲክ
(lastik)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Azerbaijani:
rezin
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Bulgarian:
ла́стик
(lástik)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Cebuano:
lastiko
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Chinese Cantonese:
橡筋
(zoeng6 gan1)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Chinese Mandarin:
橡皮筋
(xiàngpíjīn)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Chinese Mandarin:
皮筋
(píjīn)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Czech:
gumička
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Danish:
elastik
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Danish:
gummibånd
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Dutch:
elastiek
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Finnish:
kuminauha
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Finnish:
kumilenkki
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Finnish:
joustonauha
— loop of rubber or similar material
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French:
élastique
— loop of rubber or similar material
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French:
bande élastique
— loop of rubber or similar material
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German:
Gummiring
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Hebrew:
גּוּמִיָּה
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Hungarian:
befőttes gumi
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Indonesian:
karet gelang
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Italian:
elastico
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Japanese:
輪ゴム
(wa gomu)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Japanese:
ゴムバンド
(gomu bando)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Japanese:
ゴム輪
(gomu wa)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Khmer:
ខ្សែយឺត
(khsae yɨɨt)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Khmer:
កៅស៊ូកង
(kawsuu kɑɑng)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Korean:
고무 밴드
(gomu baendeu)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Korean:
고무줄
(gomujul)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Lao:
ຕັງກະຕີ້ວ
(tang ka tīu)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Macedonian:
ла́стик
(lástik)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Macedonian:
ла́стиче
(lástiče)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Malay:
gelang getah
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Māori:
hererapa
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Norman:
bande êlastique
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Norwegian Bokmål:
strikk
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gummistrikk
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
strikk
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
gummistrikk
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Polish:
recepturka
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Polish:
gumka
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Portuguese:
elástico
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Portuguese:
liga
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Portuguese:
borracha
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Portuguese:
borrachinha
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Romanian:
bandă elastică
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Russian:
рези́нка
(rezínka)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Russian:
канцеля́рская рези́нка
(kanceljárskaja rezínka)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Serbo-Croatian:
gumica
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Serbo-Croatian:
gumena vrpsa
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Spanish:
cinta de goma
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Spanish:
goma
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Spanish:
gomita
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Spanish:
elástico
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Spanish:
liga
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Spanish:
gomilla
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Swedish:
gummiband
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Swedish:
gummisnodd
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Tagalog:
lastiko
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Tausug:
kalapiya
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Thai:
ยาง
(yaang)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Tibetan:
འགྱིག་གྱི་ཐག་པ
('gyig gyi thag pa)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Tibetan:
འགྱིག་ཐག
('gyig thag)
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Turkish:
ambalaj lastiği
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Turkish:
lastik
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Turkish:
paket lastiği
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Unami:
shishipèk
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Vietnamese:
dây thun
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Vietnamese:
dây chun
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Vietnamese:
dây cao su
— loop of rubber or similar material
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Yiddish:
גומקע
(gumke)
— loop of rubber or similar material