Wiktionary
n. 1 A pad, having a soft, sponge-like side and a more abrasive side, used to wash up. 2 A flat piece of a rough fabric used for cleaning purposes.
WordNet
n. a small abrasive cleaning pad used for scouring pots and pans
Wikipedia
A scouring pad or scourer is a small pad of metal or plastic mesh used for scouring a surface. Some scouring pads have one side made of a soft sponge-like material and the other is the aforementioned mesh.
Usage examples of "scouring pad".
When it came, it was cold, the cheese unmelted, and the patty of meat resembling nothing so much as a dirty scouring pad.
To do this, take a plastic scouring pad or a soft toothbrush and go at them.
Marlis was scrubbing a wall with what looked like a big scouring pad, moving in time to the beat coming from the jam box, kind of spastic, Joe thought, but sexy all the same.