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clothesbrush

clothesbrush noun: a brush for the clothes.

Noun

clothesbrush (plural clothesbrushes)

  1. A brush for the clothes.
    • Its removal revealed another case covered with dust. This we extracted from the iron chest without any difficulty, and removed the accumulated filth of years from it with a clothes-brush.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    • Probably the most effective clothesbrushes are those with fairly stiff bristles, about 3/4 to 1 in. long, with tufts set 1/5 in. (preferably 1/4 in.) or more apart.1941, Consumers' research bulletin annual, page 218

Forms of clothesbrush

pluralclothesbrushes
alternative formclothes brush

Origin of clothesbrush

From clothes + brush.

Questions about clothesbrush

What does clothesbrush mean?
Clothesbrush means a brush for the clothes.
What part of speech is clothesbrush?
Clothesbrush is a noun.
What is the plural of clothesbrush?
The plural of clothesbrush is clothesbrushes.

Words near clothesbrush in the dictionary

  1. clothes-props
  2. clothesbag
  3. clothesbags
  4. clothesbasket
  5. clothesbaskets
  6. clothesbrush
  7. clothesbrushes
  8. clothescare
  9. clotheses
  10. clotheshorse
  11. clotheshorses

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