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CHARLES GOODYEAR
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• CHARLES GOODYEAR (noun)
The noun CHARLES GOODYEAR has 1 sense:
1. United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860)
Familiarity information: CHARLES GOODYEAR used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Charles Goodyear; Goodyear
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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