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scrubber

/ˈskɹʌbə/SKRUH-bur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈskɹʌbɚ/SKRUH-bur

Meaningone that scrubs

Common meaning: a brush

Other meanings: a device that cleans gas

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Journey through time

  1. Middle Dutchschrobben‘rub or scrub’source
  2. Old Englishscrobb‘a shrub’source
  3. Middle Englishscrobben‘rub down’source
  4. Englishscrub‘clean by rubbing vigorously’
  5. Englishformed in English from scrubscrubber‘a brush’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from scrub + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SCRUB, p.535 · scan

Source words

  • schrobben Middle Dutch · source word “rub or scrub”

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