scrubber
nounUK /ˈskɹʌbə/ · US /ˈskɹʌbɚ/
Etymology From scrub + -er.
9 senses
- 1A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.
- 2A soft and flexible handheld polymer-fiber implement for…
- 3A device that removes impurities from gases.
- 4A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.
- 5An animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from…
- 6Someone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone…
- 7A prostitute or a slovenly woman.
- 8A dirty or unhygienic person.
- 9A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.
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.
- ‘He was a real scrubber that old feller,’ he confided gleefully. ‘No one never got a tag on him before this.’2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 74:
- What did you think, it was happy ever after with a Woodlands Road scrubber in a seaside resort?2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 267:
9
Audio, Computing, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.
- Derived terms
- amine scrubber, back scrubber, HCl scrubber, pot scrubber, pot scrubber brush, venturi scrubber