wire brush

English

a typical wire brush of the hand tool type

a rotary wire brush

Pronunciation

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Noun

wire brush (plural wire brushes)

2. A brush that has bristles made of wire; used as an abrasive and on masonry etc; especially (when without a qualifier) the hand tool type of such a brush.

   Alternative forms: wirebrush, wire-brush

   Hypernym: brush

   Coordinate term: wire wheel

Translations

brush with bristles made of wire

• Danish: stålbørste (da) c
• Finnish: teräsharja
• Irish: sreangscuab f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stålbørste m

  Nynorsk: stålbørste m

• Polish: szczotka druciana f

Verb

wire brush (third-person singular simple present wire brushes, present participle wire brushing, simple past and past participle wire brushed)

1. To scrub with a wire brush, especially the hand tool type.

   Coordinate terms: wire wheel (verb), sandblast (verb)