"clothesbrush" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clothesbrushes [plural]
Etymology: clothes + brush Etymology templates: {{compound|en|clothes|brush}} clothes + brush Head templates: {{en-noun}} clothesbrush (plural clothesbrushes)
  1. A brush for the clothes. Synonyms: clothes brush Translations (a brush for brushing clothes with): klædebørste [common-gender] (Danish), vaateharja (Finnish), klesbørste [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), klebørste [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kledebørste [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), klesbørste [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-clothesbrush-en-noun-YLYU8GoE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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