🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Brosse à bouteille

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bʁɔs a bɔtɛj

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bottlebrush/ˈbɒt.əl.brʌʃ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Elle utilise une brosse à bouteille pour nettoyer les bouteilles."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A shrub or small tree of the genus Callistemon, known for its cylindrical flower spikes that resemble a bottle brush.

    "The vibrant red bottlebrush flowers attract many birds to the garden."
  2. 2

    A tool used for cleaning bottles, typically made of bristles attached to a flexible handle.

    "She used a bottlebrush to clean the inside of the narrow glass bottle."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'bottlebrush' originates from the combination of 'bottle' and 'brush', referring to the plant's flower spikes that resemble the shape of a bottle brush. The word has been used in English since the early 19th century to describe various species of the genus Callistemon, native to Australia.

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