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Scrubber   /skrˈəbər/   Listen
Scrubber

noun
1.
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.  Synonyms: scrub brush, scrubbing brush.
3.
A purifier that removes impurities from a gas.





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"Scrubber" Quotes from Famous Books



... section of a gas producer and scrubber, which, as stated above, may be employed in combination with engines such as have been described for supplying them with combustible gas. The producer is a vessel lined with refractory material. At the top it has a supply opening covered by a ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 • Various
... being as vigorous and as long-continued as may be desired, to draw the gas out of the retorts, and, having cleansed it perfectly from its deleterious properties, to force it onward. The apparatus consequently supplies the place of the exhauster and the scrubber. ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 • Various


Words linked to "Scrubber" :   purifier, scrub brush, scrubbing brush, scrub, worker, brush


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