nailbrush
/ˈneɪl.bɹʌʃ/
nailbrush noun: a small brush, with firm bristles, used to clean the fingernails or to scrub the hands.
Noun
nailbrush (plural nailbrushes)
- A small brush, with firm bristles, used to clean the fingernails or to scrub the hands.
- Rupert Sheffield, scrubbing John's blood from his hands with a nailbrush and hospital soap, swore that this was the last time [...] that he would have to do this.2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 303
Verb
nailbrush (third-person singular simple present nailbrushes, present participle nailbrushing, simple past and past participle nailbrushed)
- To scrub with a nailbrush.
Forms of nailbrush
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nailbrushes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nailbrushes |
| present participle | nailbrushing |
| past participle | nailbrushed |
| past | nailbrushed |
Origin of nailbrush
From nail + brush.
Questions about nailbrush
- What does nailbrush mean?
- Nailbrush means a small brush, with firm bristles, used to clean the fingernails or to scrub the hands.
- What part of speech is nailbrush?
- Nailbrush can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce nailbrush?
- Nailbrush is pronounced /ˈneɪl.bɹʌʃ/.
- What is the plural of nailbrush?
- The plural of nailbrush is nailbrushes.
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