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scrub ~ scrub

[the same pronunciation: the letter 'c' is said with a 'k' sound, and the letter 'u' rhymes with the letter 'u' in "but"]

“Scrub” (noun) is ‘short thick bushy plants (bushes) and trees that grow in some dry places’,

e.g.

The hunters saw no animal within sight, just the scrub all around them.

In many Jewish settlements in Gaza Strip in Israel, the scrub is cleared and vegetable gardens are grown by the new settlers.

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“Scrub”, as a verb ~~~  scrub – scrubbed – scrubbed – scrubbing, is ‘to rub something hard with a stiff brush or some other rough material in order to clean a surface; to decide not to do something that has been planned before’; as a noun, it is ‘the act of cleaning something thoroughly with a stiff brush or cloth (usually singular)’,

e.g.

We scrub the kitchen floor once a week.  (‘scrub’ – verb)

We give the kitchen floor a good scrub once a week.  (‘scrub’ – noun)

[“Scrubber”, in traditional sense, is not a brush used for cleaning a surface or kitchen utensils; it is a bad word used for a bad woman (prostitute) who has sex with a lot of men for money or for pleasure.  ‘Scrubbing brush’ is a brush used for scrubbing floors or walls or any greasy surface in order to make it clean. However, in the present usage, 'scrubber' is used for a worker who scrubs floors and for a brush used for scrubbing things!]

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