brushable

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adjective

Able to be brushed

OriginEnglish brush ← Middle English brusshe ← Old French broisse →
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Meanings

adjectivebrushable (comparative more brushable, superlative most brushable)

comparative more brushable · superlative most brushable

  1. Able to be brushed
  2. Able to be controlled by brushing

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰr̥stís
  3. Proto-Germanic*bʰurstís
  4. Proto-Germanic*burstiz
  5. Frankish*bursti
  6. Vulgar Latin*brustia
  7. Old Frenchbroisse
  8. Middle Englishbrusshe
  9. Englishbrush
  10. Englishbrushable

From brush + -able.

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APA

brushable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brushable

MLA

“brushable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brushable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brushable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brushable.

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