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View synonyms for scrubs

scrubs

/ skrʌbs /

plural noun

  1. the hygienic clothing worn by surgeons and other operating theatre staff during an operation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Bundles of surgical scrubs, and packets of surgical instruments were opened to show there was nothing concealed.

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Close by, another puja creates a tableau of the bereaved family, the mother sitting on the bed, the father at a sewing machine, their daughter’s picture in doctor’s scrubs on the wall.

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A drug dealer who changed her name and went on the run for 16 months was finally found wearing a "fancy dress" NHS lanyard and scrubs.

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But a lack of lawns doesn’t equate to a lack of life: Picture aromatic sagebrush, bright yellow sunflowers, flowering yuccas, humble scrubs and native grasses billowing in the breeze.

For example, a land user in Romania noted that farmers were required to remove scrubs from their pastures or they would otherwise not be eligible for subsidies or even have to pay penalties.

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