toothbrush

CEFRA1

/ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small brush used to clean the teeth.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.

Examples

  • I brush my teeth with a toothbrush.

  • This toothbrush is not used by my mother.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion.

  • I toothbrushed the stale rum stink from my mouth and stared at myself in the cabinet mirror.

  • A Turkiſh tooth-bruſh

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

Every day, I use my blank to clean my teeth after meals.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).