scrubber

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: scrub=ber

CIDE DICTIONARY

scrubber, n. 

•  One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush or machine used in scrubbing.  [1913 Webster]
•  A gas washer. See under Gas.  [1913 Webster]
•  a device for removing pollutants from a gas stream, especially for removing sulfur oxides from processes burning coal or oil.  [PJC]

scrubber, n. 

•  a stunted or emaciated steer.  [PJC]
•  A person who lives in the bush.  [PJC]
•  A domesticated animal which has escaped and lives wild in the bush.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

scrubber, n.
1 an apparatus using water or a solution for purifying gases etc.
2 sl. derog. a sexually promiscuous woman.