nailbrush
- noun
- /ˈneɪlˌbrʌʃ/
:
cepillo de uñas
- After gardening, he used a nailbrush to remove dirt from under his fingernails.
Examples
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Tansy taught her apprentice not to take meat from the spit before it had been carved at the table, not to bare her teeth whenever a strange man came into the room, and, most difficult of all, to submit as meekly as she could to the indignities of soap and hot water, and the hated hair comb and nailbrush.
Fiction book (1993) -
When people said, "Alabama, you've got rouge on your face," she simply said, "I've been scrubbing my face with the nailbrush."
Fiction book (1997) -
The nailbrush is absolutely free.
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All right, today only, I include a nailbrush with a solid ivory top.
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Fill the bucket with water and put it outside the entrance with the soap, nailbrush, and towel.
Blog text (9) -
...why don't you give them five rounds with a nailbrush?
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"I scrubbed my cheeks with a nailbrush," she yelled back from the stage.
Fiction book (1997) -
She cleaned her nails thoroughly with a nailbrush before the party.
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To maintain healthy nails, it's important to use a nailbrush regularly.
Synonyms
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1.0
A tool with bristles used for cleaning, painting, or arranging hair
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3.7
A brush with short, stiff hairs for cleaning or painting rough surfaces
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nailbrush comes from two very simple English words, nail ('fingernail') and brush ('a tool with short stiff hairs'). So it is literally a small stiff brush used to clean under and around your nails.