nailbrush

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nailbrush

  • /ˈneɪl.bɹʌʃ/

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From nail + brush.

noun nailbrushes

  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.

verb nailbrushes · nailbrushing · nailbrushed

  1. transitive To scrub with a nailbrush.

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noun a small brush to clean the fingernails

Françaisbrosse à ongles
DeutschNagelbürste
Italianopulisciunghie
Русскийщёточка для ногте́й ščótočka dlja nogtéj

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@misc{nailbrush_2026,
  title = {nailbrush},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nailbrush},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}