Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of scrubbing.

  2. (countable, uncountable)An act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.

    the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

  3. (countable, uncountable)The removal of impurities from gas.

Origin

From scrub + -ing.

From scrub + -ing.

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Forms

plural: scrubbings
Singularscrubbing
Pluralscrubbings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water:scrubscouring

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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