scourer

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskaʊɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskaʊɹəɹ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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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. Agent noun of scour; a person who scours.
3. (obsolete) A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 11, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     in those days of highwaymen and scourers

Derived terms

• gong scourer
• scourer pad

Translations

tool used to scour — see scouring pad,‎ brillo pad

Anagrams

• Correus, correus, courser, sourcer