ebonite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber
    hard rubber; vulcanite.

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Eb"on*ite noun
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.

Webster 1913