Nailbrush
//ˈneɪl.bɹʌʃ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
- 2 a brush used to clean a person's fingernails wordnet
Verb
- 1 To scrub with a nailbrush. transitive
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From nail + brush.
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