"nailbrush" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈneɪl.bɹʌʃ/ Forms: nailbrushes [plural]
Etymology: From nail + brush. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|nail|brush}} nail + brush Head templates: {{en-noun}} nailbrush (plural nailbrushes)
  1. A small brush, with firm bristles, used to clean the fingernails or to scrub the hands. Translations (a small brush to clean the fingernails): nagelborstel [masculine] (Dutch), kynsiharja (Finnish), Nagelbürste [feminine] (German), körömkefe (Hungarian), scuab ingne [feminine] (Irish), pulisciunghie [masculine] (Italian), Neelbiischt [feminine] (Luxembourgish), щёточка для ногте́й (ščótočka dlja nogtéj) [feminine] (Russian), nagelborste [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nailbrush-en-noun-wvjIVu21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28

Verb

IPA: /ˈneɪl.bɹʌʃ/ Forms: nailbrushes [present, singular, third-person], nailbrushing [participle, present], nailbrushed [participle, past], nailbrushed [past]
Etymology: From nail + brush. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|nail|brush}} nail + brush Head templates: {{en-verb}} nailbrush (third-person singular simple present nailbrushes, present participle nailbrushing, simple past and past participle nailbrushed)
  1. (transitive) To scrub with a nailbrush. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hygiene
    Sense id: en-nailbrush-en-verb-J0EKOGDw Disambiguation of Hygiene: 39 61

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for nailbrush meaning in English (3.7kB)

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