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bottlebrush

bottlebrush noun: a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.

bottlebrush: a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles
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Noun

bottlebrush (plural bottlebrushes)

  1. A cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.
  2. Any of various trees or shrubs of the myrtle family, especially of the genera Callistemon and Melaleuca, native to Australia and adjacent areas, having spikes of flowers with numerous conspicuous stamens.
    • ‘But look, there's some grass up till this bottlebrush which looks like it's bin trampled.’2009, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, page 23
  3. An uncommon cave formation resulting from a rise in water level such that a stalactite becomes immersed in water that is supersaturated with calcium carbonate, causing the stalactite to become coated with pool spar.

Forms of bottlebrush

pluralbottlebrushes
alternative formbottle brush
alternative formbottle-brush

Origin of bottlebrush

From bottle + brush.

Questions about bottlebrush

What does bottlebrush mean?
Bottlebrush means a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.
What part of speech is bottlebrush?
Bottlebrush is a noun.
What is the plural of bottlebrush?
The plural of bottlebrush is bottlebrushes.

Words near bottlebrush in the dictionary

  1. bottle-suckers
  2. bottle-tight
  3. bottle-tom
  4. bottle-toms
  5. bottleable
  6. bottlebrush
  7. bottlebrushes
  8. bottlecap
  9. bottlecaps
  10. bottled
  11. bottled away

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