Meaning

9 senses
  1. A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.

  2. A soft and flexible handheld polymer-fiber implement for scrubbing tasks.

  3. A device that removes impurities from gases.

    a purifier that removes impurities from a gas

  4. (historical)A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.

  5. (Commonwealth)An animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from the herd and established itself in the bush.

  6. (Australia)Someone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone only partly assimilated into society.

  7. (Ireland, UK, slang)A prostitute or a slovenly woman.

  8. (Ireland, UK, slang)A dirty or unhygienic person.

  9. A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Avoid using abrasive scrubbers that can damage the counter.

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  2. Avoid using abrasive scrubbers that can scratch the stovetop.

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  3. Use a gentle scrubber or sponge to clean utensils, avoiding abrasive materials.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From scrub + -er.

From scrub + -er.

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Forms

plural: scrubbers
Singularscrubber
Pluralscrubbers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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