How to pronounce scrub
American English pronunciation
SKRUB
- IPA
- /ˈskɹʌb/
- Syllables
- SKRUB (1 syllable)
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What scrub means
Most people know scrub in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
Low bushes and small trees growing close together
In a sentence: A rabbit dashed out of the scrub and across the dusty trail.
Where it comes from: It is another form of shrub, from an Old English word for a bush. Scrubbing to clean is a different word that came from Dutch.
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