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hairbrush

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To spank with a hairbrush.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a brush used to groom a person's hair

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: brush

History

Etymology

From hair + brush.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فُرْشَاة شَعْر — a brush used in hair care
  • Arabic: فُرْشَة شَعْر — a brush used in hair care
  • Arabic: فُرْشَة شَعَر — a brush used in hair care
  • Breton: broust-blev — a brush used in hair care
  • Chinese Mandarin: 髮刷 /发刷 (fàshuā) — a brush used in hair care
  • Czech: kartáč na vlasy — a brush used in hair care
  • Danish: hårbørste — a brush used in hair care
  • Dutch: haarborstel — a brush used in hair care
  • Esperanto: harobroso — a brush used in hair care
  • Estonian: juuksehari — a brush used in hair care
  • Finnish: hiusharja — a brush used in hair care
  • French: brosse à cheveux — a brush used in hair care
  • German: Haarbürste — a brush used in hair care
  • Greek: βούρτσα μαλλιών (voúrtsa mallión) — a brush used in hair care
  • Hungarian: hajkefe — a brush used in hair care
  • Icelandic: hárbursti — a brush used in hair care
  • Irish: scuab ghruaige — a brush used in hair care
  • Italian: spazzola — a brush used in hair care
  • Japanese: ヘアブラシ (heaburashi) — a brush used in hair care
  • Central Kurdish: شانە (şane) — a brush used in hair care
  • Lakota: wíglasto — a brush used in hair care
  • Luxembourgish: Hoerbiischt — a brush used in hair care
  • Malagasy: borosin-doha — a brush used in hair care
  • Maltese: xkupilja tax-xagħar — a brush used in hair care
  • Central Sierra Miwok: jaṭís·a- — a brush used in hair care
  • Navajo: béʼézhóóʼ — a brush used in hair care
  • Norman: brînge à g'veux — a brush used in hair care
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hårbørste — a brush used in hair care
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hårbørste — a brush used in hair care
  • Plautdietsch: Barscht — a brush used in hair care
  • Polish: szczotka do włosów — a brush used in hair care
  • Portuguese: escova de cabelo — a brush used in hair care
  • Russian: щётка (ščótka) — a brush used in hair care
  • Russian: щётка для воло́с (ščótka dlja volós) — a brush used in hair care
  • Russian: расчёска (rasčóska) — a brush used in hair care
  • Scottish Gaelic: bruis-chinn — a brush used in hair care
  • Spanish: cepillo del pelo — a brush used in hair care
  • Swedish: hårborste — a brush used in hair care
  • Turkish: saç fırçası — a brush used in hair care
  • Volapük: heremikef — a brush used in hair care