Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "hairbrush" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

bathroom bathroom drawer bedroom car drugstore hairdressing salon house man's suitcase room

Derived From

brush hair

Has Part

bristles

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

brush

Type Of (IsA)

beauty device brush

Receives Action

used to

Related Terms

comb hairbrushing

Related Terms

brush comb detangle hair

Used For

brush dog brush hair brushing hair comb hair comb hair on one's head combing hair combing out loose hair hygeine making hair look nice massaging scalp neatening hair remove tangles from hair separating individual strands of hair smoothing out hair straightening hair styling hair taming one's hair tidy hair untangle and organize hair untangle snarls untangling hair

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.