TOOTHBRUSH

toothbrush

(noun) small brush; has long handle; used to clean teeth

toothbrush, soup-strainer

(noun) slang for a mustache

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

toothbrush (plural toothbrushes)

A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.

Verb

toothbrush (third-person singular simple present toothbrushes, present participle toothbrushing, simple past and past participle toothbrushed)

(transitive) To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.

Source: Wiktionary


Tooth"brush`, n.

Definition: A brush for cleaning the teeth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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