bristle brush
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- noun
- /ˈbrɪsəl brʌʃ/
- Specialized
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cepillo de cerdas
- Also, wooden combs and natural bristle brushes that massage the scalp are great.
- filbert bristle brush
- boar-bristle brush
- round bristle brush
It's not a plastic bristle brush, it's like the sort of regular bristles.
- It's not a plastic bristle brush, it's like the sort of regular bristles.
- I'm just going to take my Hairspray and my little bristle brush and smooth it all in.
- If you turn it on its side, it's a much larger bristle brush.
- And then I'm also taking my Denman like soft bristle brush.
- And then the trick is you have to get a soft bristle brush, which I just happened to have in the car just by chance.
- Then I learned that you must clean your boar bristle brush almost every time you use it to stop transferring dirt and oil that you brushed out of your hair back and again.
Examples
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And then the trick is you have to get a soft bristle brush, which I just happened to have in the car just by chance.
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I prefer stiff, natural bristle brushes for dry brushing terrain because they hold the right amount of paint and are generally sturdy enough to hold up to a decent amount of use.
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I use a very soft bristle brush and do not use a lot of pressure.
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Put the product on top of your bristle brush.
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You can get a smaller bristle brush to get a little bit more exact.
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We've got the soft bristle brush and the firm one.
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I'll brush it on with a thick bristle brush and then work the surface.
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I'm just going to take my Hairspray and my little bristle brush and smooth it all in.
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Any earth or sand clinging to the ceps should be brushed off gently with a soft-bristle brush.
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To create fine details in your artwork, use a small bristle brush specifically designed for precision.
Synonyms
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A tool with bristles used for cleaning, painting, or arranging hair
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A brush with short, stiff bristles for cleaning hard surfaces
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A brush with short stiff bristles for cleaning burnt or hard dirt
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A brush with short stiff bristles for cleaning hard dirt on surfaces
A small brush with short hairs for painting fine details
A small brush with stiff bristles for cleaning under fingernails
How Short
- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'bristle' (short, stiff hairs) specifies the kind of 'brush', so 'bristle brush' simply denotes a brush made with bristles. This modifier+noun pattern is a regular, cross-linguistic noun-compounding strategy and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Bristle brush comes from the stiff short hairs called bristle that are set into a brush. Those hard hairs can scrape dirt and hold paint on rough surfaces, so a bristle brush means a brush used to 'clean', 'scrub', or 'paint' rough materials.