# scrubber

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskɹʌbə/ · frequency rank #55,086

## Definitions
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. A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.
5. An animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from the herd and established itself in the bush.
6. Someone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone only partly assimilated into society.
7. A prostitute or a slovenly woman.
8. A dirty or unhygienic person.
9. A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.

## Etymology
From scrub + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/scrubber