"wire brush" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wire brushes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wire brush (plural wire brushes)
  1. A brush that has bristles made of wire; used as an abrasive and on masonry etc. Categories (topical): Tools Translations (brush with bristles made of wire): stålbørste [common-gender] (Danish), teräsharja (Finnish), sreangscuab [feminine] (Irish), stålbørste [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stålbørste [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-wire_brush-en-noun-d-tCyKDZ Disambiguation of Tools: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wirebrush, wire-brush

Verb

Forms: wire brushes [present, singular, third-person], wire brushing [participle, present], wire brushed [participle, past], wire brushed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} wire brush (third-person singular simple present wire brushes, present participle wire brushing, simple past and past participle wire brushed)
  1. To scrub with a wire brush. Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-wire_brush-en-verb-xlwoZS5l Disambiguation of Tools: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wirebrush, wire-brush

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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