scrubber

Meanings

Plural: scrubbers

Noun

• a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
• a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning
• a purifier that removes impurities from a gas
• A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.
• A soft and flexible handheld polymer-fiber implement for scrubbing tasks.
• A device that removes impurities from gases.
• A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.
• An animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from the herd and established itself in the bush.
• Someone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone only partly assimilated into society.
• A prostitute or a slovenly woman.
• A dirty or unhygienic person.
• A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.

Synonyms

scrub brush, scrubbing brush