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brushbar

noun

Etymology

From brush + bar.

  1. derived from *barra✻
  2. derived from barre
  3. inherited from barre
  4. compounded as brushbar — “brush + bar”

Definitions

  1. A rotating bar with brushlike bristles, used in certain cleaning appliances.

    • It's all pretty simple. If you want to get hairs out of a carpet, you need a whirling brushbar of death. No amount of suck will do it.
    • A string had caught in the brushbar and shut down the belt drive. This was quickly fixed and we hosed up the rest of the filth.
    • Innovations include placing the main motor inside the ball, using a second motor to drive the brushbar through gears, and a mechanism to drop down wheels...

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA