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Meanings of scrubber in English

A brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning.

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Examples for "scrub brush"
Examples for "scrub brush"
1
To his left, the grassy field slowly became scrub brush and then sand.
The Death Cure
2
She is also seen hitting the child with a scrub brush.
The South African
3
I made a fire from scrub brush and roasted the hare over it.
The apocalypse reader
4
They would be expecting him when they reached the scrub brush.
The Sword of Shannara
5
The High Septon surrendered his scrub brush to one of the Most Devout.
A feast for crows
1
The quick, regular strokes of the scrubbing brush swished through the hall.
A Spinner in the Sun
2
It sounded like a rough scrubbing brush being drawn across broken stones.
Geektastic
3
A bit of news that's made Crayford bristle like a scrubbing brush.
The Way of Ambition
4
The pail stood where Janice had left it, the scrubbing brush beside it.
Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
5
The Wellingsford Hospital rang with her praises and glistened with her scrubbing brush.
The Red Planet
Usage of scrubber in English
1
The apparatus consequently supplies the place of the exhauster and the scrubber.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884
2
She stood silently a moment, her rush scrubber still in her hands.
Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
3
Ordinarily I have a footman, a parlor wench, and a chamberpot scrubber.
Speaks the Nightbird
4
A portable scrubber moved stale air and left the smell of rubber.
Nemesis Game
5
A CO2 scrubber hung on one wall above a set of oxygen tanks.
Unity
6
She was a deep scrubber and a corner-cleaner in the house.
East of eden
7
His landlady's little female scrubber was working at the grate in his sitting-room.
Sandra Belloni — Volume 7
8
Alise took up her reed scrubber and turned it to a fresh spot.
Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
9
The completed assembly was then ready to load into the scrubber.
Quarter share: a trader's tale from the golden age of the solar ...
10
Valence will provide lithium phosphate batteries for use in Tennant's newest compact floor scrubber.
Reuters
11
The gas is next passed through a second scrubber filled with perforated wood blocks.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889
12
This is passed through a scrubber and into a gas holder ready for use.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887
13
He believed this threadbare scrubber of the Revolution, and yet he dared not believe.
The Night-Born
14
While he slept I used a brain scrubber on him.
The dark side of the sun
15
Use a plastic scrubber to loosen deposits or settled matter on the insides of kegs.
Building homebrew equipment
16
This is forced by means of a Roots blower through the scrubber into the producer.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889
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