Nailbrush

//ˈneɪl.bɹʌʃ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a brush used to clean a person's fingernails wordnet
Verb
  1. 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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