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Definition: Scrubber |
ScrubberNoun1. A worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck). 2. A brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning. 3. A purifier that removes impurities from a gas. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scrubber" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1939. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Environment | An air pollution device that uses a spray of water or reactant or a dry process to trap pollutants in emissions. (references) |
Mining | A. Device in which coarse and sticky ore, clay, etc., is washed free of adherent material, or mildly disintegrated. The main forms are the wash-screen, wash trommel, log washer, and hydraulic jet or monitor. Scrubbers or scrubbing towers are also used to separate soluble gases with extracting liquids, or to remove dust from air by washing b. Device for separating environmentally noxious chemical substances fromwaste gas streams. (references) |
Occupations | Keeps working areas in production departments of industrial establishment in clean and orderly condition, performing any combination of following duties: Transports raw materials and semifinished products or supplies between departments or buildings to supply machine tenders or operators with materials for processing, using handtruck. Arranges boxes, material, and handtrucks or other industrial equipment in neat and orderly manner. Cleans lint, dust, oil, and grease from machines, overhead pipes, and conveyors, using brushes, airhoses, or steam cleaner. Cleans screens and filters. Scrubs processing tanks and vats. Cleans floors, using water hose, and applies floor drier. Picks up reusable scrap for salvage and stores in containers. Performs other duties as described under CLEANER (any industry) I Master Title. May burn waste and clean incinerator. May pick up refuse from plant grounds and maintain area by cutting grass or shoveling snow. May operate industrial truck to transport materials within plant. May start pumps to force cleaning solution through production machinery, piping, or vats. May start pumps to lubricate machines. May be designated according to area cleaned as Alley Cleaner (textile); Can-Filling-Room Sweeper (beverage); Casting-And-Locker-Room Servicer (plastic-synth.); Ceiling Cleaner (any industry); Engine-Room Cleaner (any industry); Floor Cleaner (any industry); Overhead Cleaner (any industry). (references) |
| Keeps premises of office building, apartment house, or other commercial or institutional building in clean and orderly condition: Cleans and polishes lighting fixtures, marble surfaces, and trim, and performs duties described in CLEANER (any industry) I Master Title. May cut and trim grass, and shovel snow, using power equipment or handtools. May deliver messages. May transport small equipment or tools between departments. May setup tables and chairs in auditorium or hall. May be designated according to duties performed as Hall Cleaner (hotel & rest.); Light-Fixture Cleaner (any industry); Marble Cleaner (any industry); Metal Polisher (any industry); Paint Cleaner (any industry); or according to equipment used as Scrubbing-Machine Operator (any industry). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ScrubberSynonyms: scrub brush (n), scrubbing brush (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Scrubber |
| Specialty definitions using "scrubber": CARBON-FURNACE OPERATOR, CD-REACTOR OPERATOR, CONCENTRATOR OPERATOR ♦ gas-scrubber operator ♦ PURIFICATION OPERATOR II ♦ revolving washing screens, RUG CLEANER, MACHINE ♦ SCRUBBER MACHINE TENDER ♦ WATER-TREATMENT-PLANT OPERATOR. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Scrubber" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (scrubber). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Scrubber" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scrubber" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 25 | 69,787 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "scrubber": air scrubber ♦ pan scrubber. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "scrubber": back-scrubber, water-scrubber. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "scrubber"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shtupë enësh (dishcloth, dish-rag), aparat pastrimi. (various references) | |
Arabic | مقلاة (frying pan, pan, skillet, spider), مومس (baggage, bawd, bitch, cocotte, courtesan, courtezan, drab, harlot, moll, prostitute, punk, slattern, strumpet, tart, trollop, whore), عاهرة (bitch, harlot, hen, hooker, moll, prostitute, strumpet, whore), جهاز غسل الغاز, جلاية الأواني. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скрубер, четка за дъски, чистач (cleaner, duster, scourer). (various references) | |
Chinese | 洗"器. (various references) | |
Danish | luftrenser (air filter, air scrubber, gaz purifier), luftfilter (air cleaner, air filter, air scrubber, gaz purifier), ammoniakvasker (ammonia scrubber, ammonia washer, MSTS IX-169). (various references) | |
Dutch | ammoniakwasser (ammonia scrubber, ammonia washer, MSTS IX-169). (various references) | |
Finnish | kaasunpuhdistin (air filter, air scrubber, gaz purifier), ammoniakkipesutorni (ammonia scrubber, ammonia washer, MSTS IX-169), ammoniakkipesuri (ammonia scrubber, ammonia washer, MSTS IX-169). (various references) | |
French | scrubber, sauteuse, tampon récurer, putain, lave-pont (scrubbing brush). (various references) | |
German | Bürste (brush, crew cut). (various references) | |
Greek | σφουγγαριστήσ (swabber). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vakaróvas (raker), súrolókefe (scrub brush, scrubbing-brush), kaparóvas (rake, raker), gáztisztító berendezés. (various references) | |
Italian | spazzola (brush), puttanella, paglietta di ferro. (various references) | |
Korean | 수세미 (scourer). (various references) | |
Manx | spinch (charlady, scullion, skivvy), scooireyder (polisher, scourer). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ubberscray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | purificador de gás, purificador (depletive, detersive, purgative, purgatorial, purificatory, purifier, rectifier, refiner), escova de esfregar, depurador (purifier). (various references) | |
Russian | скруббер (washer), скребок (hog, scrabbler, scraper), газопромыватель, мокрый газоочиститель. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | četka za ribanje (scrub brush, scrubbing brush). (various references) | |
Spanish | fregón (annoying, stupid, trying), estropajo (dishcloth, scourer, scouring pad, steelwool, swab, swob), depurador (debugger, purifier, purifying), cepillo de fregar (scrubbing brush). (various references) | |
Swedish | gasrenare. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скребачка (rake, spade, wiper), газоочисник. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người lau chùi (cleaner), người cọ rửa b n chải cứng máy lọc hơi đốt. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scrubber": scrubbers. (additional references) | |
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"Scrubber" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scribbner. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "scrubber" (pronounced skru"ber) |
| 4 | -r u" b er | rubber. |
| 3 | -u" b er | blubber, lubber. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-c-e-r-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: curbers, rubbers. | |
-2 letters: cubebs, cubers, curber, curers, curser, recurs, rubber. | |
-3 letters: burbs, burrs, burse, cruse, cubeb, cuber, cubes, curbs, curer, cures, currs, curse, ecrus, rebus, recur, rubes, ruers, scrub, suber, sucre, surer. | |
-4 letters: bubs, burr, burs, crus, cube, cubs, cues, curb, cure, curr, curs, ebbs, ecru, ecus, errs, rebs, recs, rube, rubs, ruer, rues. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-c-e-r-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: scrubbers, scrubbier. | |
+2 letters: barbecuers, subscriber. | |
+3 letters: breadcrumbs, rubbernecks, subscribers. | |
+4 letters: broncobuster, bunchberries. | |
+5 letters: broncobusters, oversubscribe, rubberneckers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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