toothbrush
UK/ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/
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British/ˈtʉwθ.bɹʌʃ/
toothbrush noun: a brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
Noun
toothbrush (plural toothbrushes)
- A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
- A Turkiſh tooth-bruſh1656, John Tradescant, Muſæum Tradefcantianum: OR, A COLLECTION OF RARITIES. PRESERVED At South-Lambeth neer London, page 53
Verb
toothbrush (third-person singular simple present toothbrushes, present participle toothbrushing, simple past and past participle toothbrushed)
- To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.
- In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion.1997, Matthew Remski, Dying for Veronica
- I toothbrushed the stale rum stink from my mouth and stared at myself in the cabinet mirror.2004, Iceberg Slim, Trick Baby
toothbrush meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
toothbrush in Hindi
- brush for cleaning the teeth and tongue
- टूथब्रश ṭūthabraś, दाँत का बुरुश dā̃t kā buruś
toothbrush in Tamil
- பல்துலக்கி, பல்தூரி, தூரிகை
toothbrush in Marathi
- टूथब्रश, दातांचा ब्रश, दातांचे ब्रश
toothbrush in Urdu
- brush for cleaning the teeth and tongue
- ٹُوتھ بُرَش ṭūth buraś
More languagesFewer languages
- toothbrush in Bengali
- টুথব্রাশ ṭuthobraś
- toothbrush in Telugu
- టూత్ బ్రష్, టూత్బ్రష్, టుత్ బ్రష్
- toothbrush in Malayalam
- ടൂത്ത് ബ്രഷ്, ടൂത്ത്ബ്രഷ്, പല്ല് ബ്രഷ്
- toothbrush in Kannada
- ಹಲ್ಲಿನ ಬ್ರಷ್, ಟೂತ್ ಬ್ರಷ್
- toothbrush in Punjabi
- ਦੰਦਾਂ ਦਾ ਬੁਰਸ਼, ਟੂਥਬ੍ਰਸ਼, ਦੰਦਾਂ ਦਾ ਬਰੱਸ਼
- toothbrush in Gujarati
- ટૂથબ્રશ ṭūthabraś
- toothbrush in Odia
- ଦାନ୍ତ ବ୍ରଶ୍, ଦାନ୍ତ ବ୍ରସ୍, ଦାନ୍ତ ବ୍ରଷ୍
- toothbrush in Sanskrit
- दन्तकूर्च dantakūrca
- toothbrush in Assamese
- দাঁতোন dãtün
- toothbrush in Nepali
- टुथब्रश, टूथब्रश
- toothbrush in Pashto
- مسواک moswāk, غاښ موښی ǧāẍ muẍay, کنځه kanja
- toothbrush in Tagalog
- sipilyo
- toothbrush in Arabic
- فُرْشَاة أَسْنَان furšāt ʔasnān
- toothbrush in Malay
- berus gigi
- toothbrush in Indonesian
- sikat gigi
- toothbrush in Thai
- แปรงสีฟัน bprɛɛng-sǐi-fan
- toothbrush in Vietnamese
- bàn chải đánh răng
- toothbrush in Myanmar
- သွားပွတ်တံ swa:pwattam
Examples of toothbrush in a sentence
- I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.
- I have seen all the fancy electric toothbrushes, but I'm going to stick to the old-fashioned kind.
- Squeeze out some toothpaste and put it on your toothbrush.
Forms of toothbrush
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | toothbrushes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | toothbrushes |
| present participle | toothbrushing |
| past participle | toothbrushed |
| past | toothbrushed |
Origin of toothbrush
From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).
Words formed from toothbrush
Phrases with toothbrush
Questions about toothbrush
- What does toothbrush mean?
- Toothbrush means a brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
- What is toothbrush in Hindi?
- Toothbrush in Hindi is टूथब्रश (ṭūthabraś), दाँत का बुरुश (dā̃t kā buruś). See Toothbrush meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is toothbrush?
- Toothbrush can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce toothbrush?
- Toothbrush is pronounced /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of toothbrush?
- The plural of toothbrush is toothbrushes.
Words near toothbrush in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: toothbrush (page history and authors); toothbrush (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); toothbrush (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); toothbrush (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); toothbrush (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); toothbrush (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); toothbrush (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); toothbrush (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); दन्तकूर्च (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); দাঁতোন (Assamese) (page history and authors); toothbrush (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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