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Word entry · 5 letters

scrub

Best crossword clue

"Rub clean"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /skɹʌb/Part of speech verb, noun, adjectiveSorted bcrsuStarts with SEnds with B2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To clean by rubbing hard, or a rough area of low vegetation.

Word origin

From Middle English scrobben (“groom a horse with a currycomb”); from Middle Dutch schrobben (“clean by scrubbing”).

Used in a sentence

  • How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!
  • No little scrub joint shall come on my board.
  • oak scrub

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Rub clean5 letters
02Clean by rubbing5 letters

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