scourer means A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware.
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scourer is pronounced /ˈskaʊɹə/.
Etymology
From Middle English scourer, skourer, scowrrere, equivalent to scour + -er.
noun
- A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware.e.g.“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.”
- A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.e.g.“in those days of highwaymen and scourers” — 1849–1861, 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 Longmans,
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- scoured 66% match — Wool that has undergone scouring to remove grease. vs scourer →
- scauper 65% match — A tool with a semicircular edge, used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving. vs scourer →
- scratchbrush 64% match — A sturdy wire brush used for cleaning iron, silver and other metals. vs scourer →
- scraper 64% match — An instrument with which anything is scraped.; An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it. vs scourer →
- scrubber 63% match — A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing. vs scourer →
- offscouring 62% match — Refuse removed from something by scouring. vs scourer →
- scuffer 60% match — An abrasive tool for scuffing the surface of something, such as the tip of a billiard cue. vs scourer →
- scogie 59% match — A kitchen drudge. vs scourer →