scrub brush

noun

: a brush with hard bristles for heavy cleaning

called also scrubbing brush

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The pack includes six different skinny scrub brushes that are ideally designed to clean out 10-millimeter wide or skinnier straws for cups or water bottles. Amber Guetebier, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2025 Mountains rim blue-sky horizons, and scrub brush scattered across the rocky desert hills sustain mule deer, bighorn sheep and other wildlife. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025 Avoid the urge to use a scrub brush or sponge, which may work the stain further into the carpet fibers. Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025 By contrast, the handheld tool and abrasive brass scrubbing brush became our go-to tool for removing set-in grout stains and soap scum without disturbing smooth tile surfaces. Maria Conti, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for scrub brush 

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of scrub brush was in 1897

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“Scrub brush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrub%20brush. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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