scourer

English

Etymology

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

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.
   • Macaulay

     in those days of highwaymen and scourers

Translations

tool used to scour — see scouring pad,‎ brillo pad

See also

• scourer pad

Anagrams

• Correus, correus, courser, sourcer