Crossword clues for scrubber
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scrubber \Scrub"ber\ (skr[u^]b"b[~e]r), n.
One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush or machine used in scrubbing.
(Gas Manuf.) A gas washer. See under Gas.
(Manufacturing) a device for removing pollutants from a gas stream, especially for removing sulfur oxides from processes burning coal or oil.
Scrubber \Scrub"ber\ (skr[u^]b"b[~e]r), n.
a stunted or emaciated steer.
A person who lives in the bush. [Australian]
A domesticated animal which has escaped and lives wild in the bush. [Australian]
Wiktionary
n. 1 A person or appliance that cleans floors etc by scrubbing 2 A device that removes impurity from gases 3 (context British slang English) A prostitute, or a slovenly woman
WordNet
n. a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning [syn: scrub brush, scrubbing brush]
a purifier that removes impurities from a gas
Wikipedia
Scrubber systems are a diverse group of air pollution control devices that can be used to remove some particulates and/or gases from industrial exhaust streams. The first air scrubber was designed to remove carbon dioxide from the air of an early submarine, the Ictineo I, a role for which they continue to be used to this day. Traditionally, the term "scrubber" has referred to pollution control devices that use liquid to wash unwanted pollutants from a gas stream. Recently, the term is also used to describe systems that inject a dry reagent or slurry into a dirty exhaust stream to "wash out" acid gases. Scrubbers are one of the primary devices that control gaseous emissions, especially acid gases. Scrubbers can also be used for heat recovery from hot gases by flue-gas condensation.
There are several methods to remove toxic or corrosive compounds from exhaust gas and neutralize it.
A scrubber , is a type of wide brush with a long shaft used for cleaning hard floors or surfaces. Unlike a broom, which has soft bristles to sweep dirt away, a scrubber has hard bristles for brushing. It may therefore be used wet, with water or cleaning fluids. Around the brush head there may also be a removable floorcloth or mop, either soaked in water for cleaning or dry for wiping dry. However, these days other cleaning implements tend to be used for such purposes.
In North Germany and in sailor's language, a scrubber is also called a Leuwagen, hence in large firms or offices a cleaning party is sometimes jokingly called a Leuwagenballett ("scrubber ballet").
Usage examples of "scrubber".
I remember he had a fight with a little bull-calf, about a week old, that came in with a wild heifer, and Aileen made as much of his pluck as if it had been a mallee scrubber.
Any toxic products are removed by a multistage cleansing process that includes scrubbers to get acidic gases out of the exhaust.
Brahman, or crossed with Brahman, but there were still some wild scrubber bulls and inbred shorthorn cows to be dealt with, and their influence eradicated from the herd.
Apparently the sulfur bacteria had overgrown the backflow sludge, and coupled with the fungal contamination from the downstream scrubbers created a disgusting mix of smells.
After teaching the puppies to climb stairs she found she was more comfortable on the ground floor after all, unrolling a mattress in their pen which, now that they were old enough to understand about such things, always smelled clean and sweet with the dry meadowgrass the scrubbers bedded it with.
All the aromas of food from the galley, the smell of machinery, the leather shoes, soap, after-shave lotion, even the farts, were duly sucked into the scrubbers and cleansed.
Then the clerks and cashiers and floorwalkers and cash girls went home and the store was closed for the night, although the sweepers and scrubbers remained to clean the floors for the following day.
But now, waddling about and lashing its non-functional plug like a maddened tail, the general of a force composed of various cleaners and scrubbers, centipedelike air purifiers, and saucer-sized spiderlike ceiling sweeps, there was little humorous about it.
She talked knowledgeably about carbon dioxide scrubbers, carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, about the heating and cooling systems, and our biggest bugaboo, radiation.
We would have scrubbers to remove both carbon dioxide and most contaminants that might show up in our air, and detectors for carbon monoxide and a wide range of other poisons.
At new electric utility plants in other states, smokestacks a thousand feet high, supplemented by electrostatic filters and scrubbers that removed sulfur from smokestack gases, were reducing pollution to acceptable levels.
They told what a man was thinking even if he kept it to himself, and they explained why the scrubbers could never cleanse the air completely.
The starship’s cool air tinged with the faint crisp scent of warm isolinear circuitry, the almost soothing hum of atmospheric circulators and scrubbers, the rushing pulse of water and coolant through hidden conduits.
Marcus Garvey had been thrown together around an enormous old Russian air scrubber, a rectangular thing daubed with Rastafarian symbols, Lions of Zion and Black Star Liners, the reds and greens and yellows over-laying wordy decals in Cyrillic script.
Nowadays we have modern air-conditioning equipment—ducts, pumps, fans, dehumidifiers, even carbon dioxide scrubbers.