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brushful

noun

Etymology

From brush + -ful.

  1. derived from *bʰrusgo-✻
  2. derived from *bruskaz✻ — “tuft, thicket, underbrush”
  3. derived from *bruscia✻
  4. derived from *burstiz✻ — “bristle”
  5. derived from *bursti✻
  6. derived from *brustia✻
  7. derived from broisse
  8. inherited from brusshe
  9. suffixed as brushful — “brush + ful”

Definitions

  1. A sufficient quantity to fill the bristles of a brush.

    • Fougère Royale (Royal Fern) Shaving Cream absorbs brushesful of water and whips up a close, fine-textured, beard-softening lather with the refreshing odor of Royal Fern.
    • Dip your brush into the paint and transfer two or three brushesful onto the palette.
    • Finally, remembering their patience with the fenced sycamore, I resolved to give the cottonwood trunk a few brushesful every few months just on principle.

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