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esfregão — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mop noun A cleaning tool with a long handle and a bundle of absorbent strands, used for washing floors.

Senses

esfregão is used for these senses in English:

  • mop An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
  • scouring pad A pad, having a soft, sponge-like side and a more abrasive side, used to wash up.

mop — full definition

  1. noun A cleaning tool with a long handle and a bundle of absorbent strands, used for washing floors.
  2. noun A thick, untidy head of hair.
  3. verb To clean a surface with a mop, or to wipe something up.

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