"brushful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brushfuls [plural], brushesful [plural]
Etymology: brush + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brush|ful|pos=noun}} brush + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|+|brushesful}} brushful (plural brushfuls or brushesful)
  1. A sufficient quantity to fill the bristles of a brush.
    Sense id: en-brushful-en-noun-mrTvo5NX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for brushful meaning in English (2.1kB)

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          "ref": "1927 February 7, “If you are hard to shave: Try this New Way!”, in Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, volume IX, number 6, page 4",
          "text": "Fougère Royale (Royal Fern) Shaving Cream absorbs brushesful of water and whips up a close, fine-textured, beard-softening lather with the refreshing odor of Royal Fern.",
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          "ref": "1942, Carl Rousseau Havighorst, Simplified Show Card Writing, Butterick Company, page 13",
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          "ref": "1977, Jack Couffer, Mike Couffer, Canyon Summer, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 61",
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          "ref": "2009 May 10, Murray Whyte, “Evolution of a street art rebel”, in Toronto Star",
          "text": "Legs dangle and pinwheel in the light morning breeze and the head sags over as Dan Bergeron slops a thick, opaque brushful of wheat paste across the chest, pinning it to the ragged brick.",
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          "ref": "1942, Carl Rousseau Havighorst, Simplified Show Card Writing, Butterick Company, page 13",
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          "ref": "2009 May 10, Murray Whyte, “Evolution of a street art rebel”, in Toronto Star",
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