Scrubber

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  • noun. One that scrubs, especially.
  • noun. One who cleans floors, for example, by scrubbing.
  • noun. A brush, appliance, or abrasive that is used in cleaning.
  • noun. An apparatus that is used for removing impurities from a gas.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An animal which breaks away from the herd, and runs wild in the scrub, generally coming out at night to feed in the open; in the plural, scrub-cattle.
  • noun. One who scrubs; specifically, one of a scrub-gang aboard ship.
  • noun. A scrubbing-brush.
  • noun. An apparatus for freeing coal-gas from tarry impurities and ammonia.
  • noun. In leather manufacturing, a machine for washing leather after it comes from the tan-pits.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush or machine used in scrubbing.
  • noun. A gas washer. See under Gas.
  • noun. a device for removing pollutants from a gas stream, especially for removing sulfur oxides from processes burning coal or oil.
  • noun. a stunted or emaciated steer.
  • noun. A person who lives in the bush.
  • noun. A domesticated animal which has escaped and lives wild in the bush.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person or appliance that cleans floors etc by scrubbing
  • noun. A device that removes impurities from gases
  • noun. A prostitute, or a slovenly woman
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
  • noun. a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning
  • noun. a purifier that removes impurities from a gas
  • Word Usage
    "Ants have armoured skin, which when added as fragments and shattered carapaces, imparts all the goodness of a skin scrubber."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    brush  purifier  worker  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    blubber  lubber  rubber  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    variant
    gas