scrubber

Meaning

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.
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.

Synonyms

scrubbing brush

scrub brush

road-scraper

brush

comb

crest

mane

reclaimer

refiner

air cleaner

scraper

sponge

🧽

swabber

push broom

stack scrubber

ridge

broom

🧹

brow

Translations

spazzola

spazzolone

absorbeur-neutralisateur

frottoir

βούρτσα τριψίματος πατώματος

tampon

épurateur

marie-couche-toi-là

séparateur

éponge à récurer

boender

luiwagen

schrobber

depurador

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskɹʌbə/

Etymology

From scrub + -er.