Neno "raba" linaweza kuwa na maana kadhaa kulingana na muktadha ambalo limetumika. Hapa kuna baadhi ya ufafanuzi wa kawaida:

1. Nyenzo iliyotengenezwa kutoka kwa mpira au nyenzo zingine za syntetisk, ambazo ni za kunyoosha, zisizo na maji na elastic. Nyenzo hii mara nyingi hutumiwa kutengeneza matairi, vifutio, glavu na bidhaa zingine.

2. Kitu kidogo kinachofanana na kifutio kinachotumika kuondoa alama za penseli kwenye karatasi. Hizi mara nyingi hutengenezwa kwa raba, ndiyo huitwa jina.

3. Mchezo unaochezwa na mpira ambao timu mbili hujaribu kupata pointi kwa kuupiga mpira juu ya wavu wa juu. Mchezo huu unajulikana kwa jina la "voliboli" katika baadhi ya maeneo ya dunia, lakini katika maeneo mengine kwa kifupi unaitwa "raba."

4. Neno la lugha ya kondomu, ambalo ni shela inayovaliwa juu ya uume wakati wa kufanya ngono ili kuzuia mimba na kupunguza hatari ya magonjwa ya zinaa.

5. Mtu anayefanya kazi maalum ya kutengeneza mpira katika tasnia ya mpira. Matumizi haya si ya kawaida kuliko ufafanuzi mwingine.

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Sentence Examples

1. I shove everything back and close the drawer, ignoring the fingers of a rubber glove poking out.

2. Brakes slammed and squealed and burning rubber soon polluted the air.

3. The discussion fell during the rubber, after which Stuart took up its thread.

4. Phileas Fogg was in the act of finishing the thirty-third rubber of the voyage, and his partner and himself having, by a bold stroke, captured all thirteen of the tricks, concluded this fine campaign with a brilliant victory.

5. Come to think of it, I probably should be locked away in an underground facility, complete with rubber walls and plastic furniture.

6. The rubber nosepiece, which widened the bridge, made his skin itch.

7. The smell of burnt rubber wafted in through the cracked windows.

8. There was also a thick stack of envelopes held together by a rubber band and a set of blocks stacked evenly within a clear, plastic square.

9. The rubber band encasing them looked new, but the letters looked old.

10. He smacked a beast on the head and the rubber bounced off its heads with each hit.