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scourer

/ˈskaʊɹə/US/ˈskaʊɹəɹ/

scourer noun: a tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware. Also the agent noun of scour.

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Noun

scourer (plural scourers)

  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. (obsolete) A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
    • in those days of highwaymen and scourers1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...

Also used as

scourer is also the agent noun of scour.

Forms of scourer

pluralscourers

Origin of scourer

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

Words formed from scourer

Phrases with scourer

Questions about scourer

What does scourer mean?
Scourer means a tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware.
What part of speech is scourer?
Scourer is a noun.
How do you pronounce scourer?
Scourer is pronounced /ˈskaʊɹə/ (UK).
What is the plural of scourer?
The plural of scourer is scourers.

Words near scourer in the dictionary

  1. scourages
  2. scoured
  3. scoured down
  4. scoured up
  5. scoureds
  6. scourer
  7. scourer pad
  8. scourer pads
  9. scourers
  10. scourest
  11. scoureth

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