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1 scrubbing-brush
noun (a brush with short stiff bristles for scrubbing.) brosse dure (à récurer) -
2 bristle
bristle ['brɪsəl]1 noun∎ a brush with nylon/natural bristles une brosse en nylon/soie;∎ a pure bristle brush une brosse pur sanglier∎ they bristled at any suggestion of incompetence ils se hérissèrent lorsqu'on osa insinuer qu'ils étaient incompétentsBritish (swarm with) grouiller de;∎ the whole subject bristles with difficulties toute la question est hérissée de difficultés;∎ the town centre was bristling with police le centre-ville grouillait de policiers;∎ bristling with machine guns (fort, trench) hérissé de mitrailleuses -
3 bristle
bristle [ˈbrɪsl]1. nounpoil m* * *['brɪsl] 1.1) ( single hair) (on brush, chin, animal) poil m; ( on pig) soie f2.1) lit [fur] se hérisser; [hairs] se dresser2) ( react angrily) se hérisser (at à; with de)•Phrasal Verbs: -
4 bristle
['brisl](a short, stiff hair on an animal or brush: The dog's bristles rose when it was angry.) poil- bristly -
5 brush
1. noun1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.) brosse2) (an act of brushing.) brossage3) (a bushy tail of a fox.) queue4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.) ennuis (avec)2. verb1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.) brosser2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.) balayer3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!) brosser4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.) frôler•- brush away - brush up - give - get the brush-off -
6 tuft
tuft [tʌft](a) (of hair, grass) touffe f;∎ tuft of bristles (in paint etc brush) loquet m de soies∎ tuft (of feathers) huppe f, aigrette f
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