Scourer

//ˈskaʊɹə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware.

    "A scourer may be in the form of a mesh (ball) of wires, a flat piece of a rough fabric, or a pad with a soft sponge-like side and a more abrasive side."

  2. 2
    someone who travels widely and energetically wordnet
  3. 3
    Agent noun of scour; a person who scours. agent, form-of
  4. 4
    someone who cleanses by scouring wordnet
  5. 5
    A rover or footpad; a prowling robber. obsolete

    "in those days of highwaymen and scourers"

Example

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"A scourer may be in the form of a mesh (ball) of wires, a flat piece of a rough fabric, or a pad with a soft sponge-like side and a more abrasive side."

Etymology

From Middle English scourer, skourer, scowrrere, equivalent to scour + -er.

Related phrases

gong scourerscourer padagent nounscourer pad

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