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toothbrush

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/
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/ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/ · /ˈtuθ.bɹʌʃ/

Definition of toothbrush

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
    “A Turkiſh tooth-bruſh”
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noun

  1. A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
    “A Turkiſh tooth-bruſh”

verb

  1. (transitive)To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.
    “In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion.”
    “I toothbrushed the stale rum stink from my mouth and stared at myself in the cabinet mirror.”

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Etymology

From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).

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