scrubber
1a person who scrubs.
a device or process for removing pollutants from smoke or gas produced by burning high-sulfur fuels.
a machine or appliance used in scrubbing: an automatic floor scrubber.
Origin of scrubber
1Words Nearby scrubber
Other definitions for scrubber (2 of 3)
a mongrel, especially a mongrel steer.
a thin or stunted steer.
Australian.
an inhabitant of the bush.
any domestic animal that has run off into the bush and become wild, especially a steer.
Origin of scrubber
2Other definitions for scrubber (3 of 3)
a prostitute or promiscuous woman.
Origin of scrubber
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How to use scrubber in a sentence
With civilization continuing to pump ever-increasing amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, perhaps plants — nature’s carbon scrubbers — might be able to package up some of that excess carbon and bury it underground for centuries or longer.
A Soil-Science Revolution Upends Plans to Fight Climate Change | Gabriel Popkin | July 27, 2021 | Quanta MagazineFind a scrubber designed for cleaning tile groutIf getting the spaces in between your kitchen and bathroom tiles is your main focus, you may not want an extendable power scrubber, because a less cumbersome device will do.
Best spin scrubber: For floors so clean, they squeak | PopSci Commerce Team | March 16, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMost experts recommend using a mild cleaning formula along with your scrubber.
Best spin scrubber: For floors so clean, they squeak | PopSci Commerce Team | March 16, 2021 | Popular-ScienceFeatures to look for in the best spin scrubberFinding the right spin scrubber for you means identifying the work you’ll be doing and the environment you’ll be doing it in.
Best spin scrubber: For floors so clean, they squeak | PopSci Commerce Team | March 16, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe best power scrubbers generally offer telescoping arms, and heads that can be swapped out to fit your task.
Best spin scrubber: For floors so clean, they squeak | PopSci Commerce Team | March 16, 2021 | Popular-Science
The apparatus consequently supplies the place of the exhauster and the scrubber.
He walked over and pulled one of the brushes off the defunct scrubber and sudsed it up.
The Bramble Bush | Gordon Randall GarrettThe scrubber is a vessel containing in its lower part water, W, supplied by a pipe, and having an overflow.
Here I am boxed up, like a scrubber in a pound, year after year—and years after that—for I don't know how long.
Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf BoldrewoodJemmy the scrubber, unable to imbue the rest of his watch with his own restless activity, gave me no peace night or day.
The Log of a Sea-Waif | Frank T. Bullen
British Dictionary definitions for scrubber (1 of 2)
/ (ˈskrʌbə) /
a person or thing that scrubs
an apparatus for purifying a gas
British and Australian derogatory, slang a promiscuous woman
British Dictionary definitions for scrubber (2 of 2)
/ (ˈskrʌbə) /
Australian a domestic animal, esp a bullock, that has run wild in the bush
Origin of scrubber
2Collins 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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