vulcanized
- v undergo vulcanization
- v subject to vulcanization
vulcanized rubber - s (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
- Men were still goggle-eyed over the recent invention of Morse's telegraph, Howe's sewing machine, Goodyear's vulcanized rubber, McCormick's reaper.
- The order instructed the customs men to make a stiff increase in the duty on automobile and bicycle parts, and certain other hardware including cement and vulcanized fibres .
- He wheeled his bicycle to a roadside stall, where the repairman was busy retreading a truck tire with vulcanized rubber.