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cepillo — meaning in English

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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.
  • plane noun An aircraft; an airplane.

Senses

cepillo is used for these senses in English:

  • broom (countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
  • 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.
  • globe daisy Any plant of genus Globularia of perennials, such as
  • plane (countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
  • poor box A locked box with a slot for depositing coins into, usually placed in churches to accept donations for the needy.
  • rebate plane a hand plane designed for cutting rebates in wood

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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