SCRUBBING BRUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrubbing brush mean? 

• SCRUBBING BRUSH (noun)
  The noun SCRUBBING BRUSH has 1 sense:

1. a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning

  Familiarity information: SCRUBBING BRUSH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRUBBING BRUSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

scrub brush; scrubber; scrubbing brush

Hypernyms ("scrubbing brush" is a kind of...):

brush (an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle)

 Context examples 

Just now it's the fashion to be hideous, to make your head look like a scrubbing brush, wear a strait jacket, orange gloves, and clumping square-toed boots.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)