scrub brush

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scrub, brush: the bush.

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Meanings

nounscrub brush (plural scrub brushes)

plural scrub brushes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of scrubbing brush.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scrub, brush: the bush.

    My father is the product of a marginal small-town South Texas family. His father's last job was performing some mysterious function at a natural gas pumping station in the sand and scrub brush of Atascosa County.

    1984 February 4, David Morris, “Different Origins: Joto Güero del West Side”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 15

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning

Similar
scrubbing brushscrubber
Broader
brush
Also see
scrubberscrubbing brush

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

scrub brush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrub%20brush

MLA

“scrub brush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrub%20brush. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrub brush,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrub%20brush.

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