Meanings
nounnailbrush (plural nailbrushes)
plural nailbrushes
- 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.
2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 303
verbnailbrush (third-person singular simple present nailbrushes, present participle nailbrushing, simple past and past participle nailbrushed)
present singular third person nailbrushes · participle present nailbrushing · participle past nailbrushed · past nailbrushed
- transitiveTo scrub with a nailbrush.
Origin
Translations
Dutch nagelborstel
- nagelborstela small brush to clean the fingernails
Finnish kynsiharja
- kynsiharjaa small brush to clean the fingernails
French brosse à ongles
- brosse à onglesa small brush to clean the fingernails
German Nagelbürste
- Nagelbürstea small brush to clean the fingernails
Hungarian körömkefe
- körömkefea small brush to clean the fingernails
Irish scuab ingne
- scuab ingnea small brush to clean the fingernails
Italian pulisciunghie
- pulisciunghiea small brush to clean the fingernails
Russian щёточка для ногте́й
- щёточка для ногте́й (ščótočka dlja nogtéj)a small brush to clean the fingernails
Swedish nagelborste
- nagelborstea small brush to clean the fingernails
Cite this entry
APA
nailbrush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailbrush
MLA
“nailbrush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailbrush. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nailbrush,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailbrush.
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