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noun
A small brush, with firm bristles, used to clean the fingernails or to scrub the hands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To scrub with a nailbrush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a brush used to clean a person's fingernails
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: brush
History
From nail + brush.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
