croppy brush
- noun
- Specialized
:
pincel de cerda corta
- The artist used a croppy brush to paint the intricate patterns on the vase.
Examples
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She always keeps a croppy brush in her toolkit for precise touch-ups.
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The artist prefers a croppy brush for precision work.
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A croppy brush is perfect for adding highlights and small accents to your work.
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She used a croppy brush for the fine details.
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A croppy brush is perfect for adding highlights and small accents to your work.
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She always keeps a croppy brush in her toolkit for precise touch-ups.
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The artist used a croppy brush to paint the intricate patterns on the vase.
Synonyms
145
1.0
A tool with bristles used for cleaning, painting, or arranging hair
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1.0
A tool with soft hairs for putting paint on a surface
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3.7
A brush with short, stiff hairs for cleaning or painting rough surfaces
How Short
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
croppy + brush
Although 'croppy' is not a common dictionary headword, its structure is transparently derivable from 'crop' (to cut short) + the adjectival suffix '-y', so it naturally means 'having been cropped/short'. Combined with 'brush' this yields 'a brush with short bristles', a straightforward compositional meaning that a B1 learner who knows the constituents and basic suffixation patterns would infer.
Etymology
Croppy brush may come from croppy, a form of 'crop' meaning 'cut short', plus brush, so imagine a small brush with very short bristles made for careful, close work. That's why it means 'a brush with short bristles, used for detail work'.