vulcanize : Idioms & Phrases


Vulcanized fiber

  • noun a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
    fibre; fiber.
WordNet
  • paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. Knight.
Webster 1913

Vulcanized rubber

  • India rubber, vulcanized.
Webster 1913