Cases of word usage

1) an outer covering for the food and ankle, made of leather or rubber (boot)

2) (GB slang) (to hit (a person) with) a length of metal, rubber etc (cosh)

3) a bag of cloth filled with feathers, foam, rubber etc, used to lie, sit or rest on (cushion)

4) a kind of small open boat; an inflatable rubber boat (dinghy)

5) rubber overshoes (to be) worn in wet weather (galoshes)

6) (an instrument used for measuring) the thickness of wire, sheets of metal, rubber on a tyre etc; the distance between rails for a train (or between opposite wheels of a train) (gauge)

7) (a length of) rubber or plastic tubing used for directing water onto fires, gardens etc (hose)

8) the kind of thick white liquid produced by a rubber tree (latex)

9) a raincoat made of cloth treated with rubber (mackintosh)

10) a piece of rubber etc used to stop up a hole, e.g. in a bath; a device used for making a connection with a supply of electric current (plug)