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brillo-pad

brillo-pad is the alternative letter-case form of Brillo-pad.

Verb capitalized: Brillo-pad

Brillo-pad (third-person singular simple present Brillo-pads, present participle Brillo-padding, simple past and past participle Brillo-padded)

  1. (informal, transitive, uncommon) To clean, scrub, or scour a surface, specifically pots, pans, or metals, using a brillo pad.
    • What had happened was - Bridget had indeed cleaned, scrubbed and Brillo-padded the oven. There remained a layer of soap along the grates and on the side-walls. What Bridget didn't do was rinse it out!1980, Worthy Publishing, Mother's Day Ideals Nineteen Eighty
    • She also Brillo-padded the front pipes which were working ones until she got water down them.1986, Incorporated Association of Organists (contributor), Organists' Review, numbers 281-292, page 51

Forms of brillo-pad

third-person singular presentbrillo-pads
present participlebrillo-padding
past participlebrillo-padded
pastbrillo-padded
third-person singular presentBrillo-pads
present participleBrillo-padding
past participleBrillo-padded
pastBrillo-padded
alternative formbrillo-pad

Origin of brillo-pad

A denominal from brillo pad. First use appears c. 1980. See cite below.

Questions about brillo-pad

What does brillo-pad mean?
Brillo-pad means to clean, scrub, or scour a surface, specifically pots, pans, or metals, using a brillo pad.
What is brillo-pad the alternative letter-case form of?
Brillo-pad is the alternative letter-case form of Brillo-pad.
What part of speech is brillo-pad?
Brillo-pad is a verb.
What is the past tense of brillo-pad?
The past tense of brillo-pad is brillo-padded.

Words near brillo-pad in the dictionary

  1. brilliolette
  2. brilliolettes
  3. brillo
  4. brillo pad
  5. brillo pads
  6. brillo-pad
  7. brillo-padded
  8. brillo-padding
  9. brillo-pads
  10. brillolette
  11. brillolettes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brillo-pad (page history and authors); Brillo-pad (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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