"piano-polish" meaning in All languages combined

See piano-polish on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: piano-polishes [present, singular, third-person], piano-polishing [participle, present], piano-polished [participle, past], piano-polished [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} piano-polish (third-person singular simple present piano-polishes, present participle piano-polishing, simple past and past participle piano-polished)
  1. To treat (furniture) with piano polish; French-polish.
    Sense id: en-piano-polish-en-verb-bw~Rr~75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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