hairbrush

[ hair-bruhsh ]

/ ˈhɛərˌbrʌʃ /

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noun

a brush for smoothing and styling the hair.

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Origin of hairbrush

First recorded in 1590–1600; hair + brush¹

Words nearby hairbrush

Haiphong, hair, hairball, hairbrained, hairbreadth, hairbrush, hairbrush cactus, hair cell, haircloth, haircoloring, haircut

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How to use hairbrush in a sentence

I found her on the floor, the hairbrush still gripped in her hand.
Be a good example|April Sopkin|October 27, 2021|MIT Technology Review
But what a break for those of us wondering about that hairbrush.
John Edwards Sex Tape: How Will We Live Without It?|Michelle Cottle|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This is the kind of music you will sing into your hairbrush all winter long.
The Yes List – The Sounds of Glee|The Daily Beast|November 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Once a minute, or oftener, he lets out a gobble, until I get up and throw a shoe or a hairbrush at him.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur

So I bought it, and as soon as he had gone I came up here and applied it with an old hairbrush as the directions said.
Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery
She meant to have an exact duplicate of the manicure set and of the hairbrush with the heavy silver back.
'Me-Smith'|Caroline Lockhart
Gettin' absent-minded like the old perfessor what picked up a hairbrush instead of a lookin'-glass to see if he needed shavin'.
Overland Red|Henry Herbert Knibbs
At the bottom I met my musical waiter, still tranquilly singing, and armed with a linen wrapper and a hairbrush.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873|Various

British Dictionary definitions for hairbrush

hairbrush

/ (ˈhɛəˌbrʌʃ) /

noun

a brush for grooming the hair

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