nailbrush

English

Etymology

From nail +‎ brush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪl.bɹʌʃ/

Noun

nailbrush (plural nailbrushes)

1. A small brush, with firm bristles, used to clean the fingernails or to scrub the hands.
   • 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 303:

     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.

Translations

a small brush to clean the fingernails

• Dutch: nagelborstel m
• Finnish: kynsiharja
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• German: Nagelbürste f
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• Hungarian: körömkefe (hu)
• Irish: scuab ingne f
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• Italian: pulisciunghie m
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• Luxembourgish: Neelbiischt f
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• Swedish: nagelborste (sv) c