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nailbrush en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈneɪl.bɹʌʃ/

Etymology

From nail + brush.

Meanings

  1. A small brush, with firm bristles, used to clean the fingernails or to scrub the hands.
    • Rupert Sheffield, scrubbing John's blood from his hands with a nailbrush and hospital soap, swore that this was the last time [...] that he would have to do this. 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 303:

Forms

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nailbrushes Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (10)

lb Neelbiischt (a small brush to clean the fingernails) · ga scuab ingne (a small brush to clean the fingernails) · sv nagelborste (a small brush to clean the fingernails) · fi kynsiharja (a small brush to clean the fingernails) · nl nagelborstel (a small brush to clean the fingernails) · fr brosse à ongles (a small brush to clean the fingernails) · it pulisciunghie (a small brush to clean the fingernails) · de Nagelbürste (a small brush to clean the fingernails) · hu körömkefe (a small brush to clean the fingernails) · ru щёточка для ногте́й (a small brush to clean the fingernails)

nailbrush en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈneɪl.bɹʌʃ/

Etymology

From nail + brush.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To scrub with a nailbrush.

Forms

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nailbrushed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nailbrushed Tense=Past lexicographic
nailbrushes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
nailbrushing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic