: one that scrubs
especially
: an apparatus for removing impurities especially from gases
Examples of scrubber in a Sentence
She got a job as a pot scrubber.
The scrubbers will reduce the power plant's sulfur emissions.
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Hoyne and his employees put the area under negative air pressure and use an air scrubber with several filters.
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Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 4 Jan. 2025
Use a nylon scrubber or clean dish cloth to scrub the surface.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
Achieve a powerful clean in a fraction of the time with this spin scrubber that more than 10,000 Amazon shoppers have picked up in the past month.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
In one instance from June 2023, hydrogen sulfide reached a one-hour average of 64 ppb — more than double California’s standard — when Hyperion operators had turned off pollution control devices, or scrubbers, for maintenance.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 4 Jan. 2025
Use a nylon scrubber or clean dish cloth to scrub the surface.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
Achieve a powerful clean in a fraction of the time with this spin scrubber that more than 10,000 Amazon shoppers have picked up in the past month.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
In one instance from June 2023, hydrogen sulfide reached a one-hour average of 64 ppb — more than double California’s standard — when Hyperion operators had turned off pollution control devices, or scrubbers, for maintenance.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Scrubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrubber. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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