rubber room

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noun

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

Origin of rubber room

First recorded in 1975–80

Words nearby rubber room

rubber ice, rubber jaw, rubber latex, rubber match, rubber plant, rubber room, rubber stamp, rubber tree, rubber-base paint, rubber-bulb syringe, rubber-chicken circuit

Words related to rubber room

bedlam, madhouse, bughouse, nuthouse, sanatorium, sanitarium, asylum