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US /ɪˈreɪ.sɚ/ 
UK /ɪˈreɪ.zər/ 

Oxford Essential Dictionary

eraser

 American English for rubber

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

eraser

eraser /ɪˈreɪzə $ -sər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
a small piece of rubber that you use to remove pencil or pen marks from paper SYN rubber British English

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

eraser

eraser [eraser erasers]   [ɪˈreɪzə(r)]    [ɪˈreɪsər]  (NAmE or formal) (BrE also rub·ber) noun

a small piece of rubber or a similar substance, used for removing pencil marks from paper; a piece of soft material used for removing chalk marks from a blackboard

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

eraser / ɪˈreɪ.zə r /   / -ˈreɪ.sɚ / noun [ C ] mainly US ( UK usually rubber )

eraser

A1 a small piece of rubber used to remove the marks made by a pencil:

If you draw or write in pencil you can always rub out your mistakes with an eraser.

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

eraser

/ɪreɪzə(r), AM -reɪs-/
(erasers)

An eraser is an object, usually a piece of rubber or plastic, which is used for removing something that has been written using a pencil or a pen. (AM; also BRIT FORMAL)
...a large, flat, pink India-rubber eraser.

= rubber

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

eraser

eras·er /ɪˈreɪsɚ, Brit ɪˈreɪzə/ noun, pl -ers [count] chiefly US : a small piece of rubber or other material that is used to erase something you have written or drawn - called also (Brit) rubber;