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View synonyms for rubber room

rubber room

noun

  1. Informal. a room padded with foam rubber for the confinement of a violent mentally ill person.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rubber room1

First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences

He spent three days in a rubber room wearing a plastic smock before returning.

Like New York City schoolteachers consigned to the “rubber room,” Lerner cannot be easily dismissed.

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