щётка — meaning in English

English meaning

• broom noun A cleaning tool with bristles on a long handle, used for sweeping floors.
• brush noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
• duster noun A cloth or soft implement used for wiping dust off surfaces.
• hairbrush noun A brush designed for smoothing and styling hair.

Senses

щётка is used for these senses in English:

• broom (countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
• broom (countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
• broom Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.
• brush An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
• brush A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
• duster An object, such as a cloth or a purpose-made soft and puffy pad or mitt, used for dusting surfaces etc.
• fetlock A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof.
• hairbrush A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair

broom — full definition

1. noun A cleaning tool with bristles on a long handle, used for sweeping floors.
2. noun A shrub with small leaves and yellow flowers, from the pea family.
3. verb To sweep with a broom.

brush — full definition

1. noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
2. noun A brief, unpleasant encounter with something.
3. noun Wild, low-growing vegetation such as shrubs and bushes.
4. verb To clean, arrange, or apply something using a brush.
5. verb To touch something lightly while passing by.

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