🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

cepillo de fregar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: seˈpiʎo ðe ˈfɾeɣaɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Scrubbing-brush/ˈskrʌb.ɪŋ brʌʃ/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #15000 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Usó un cepillo de fregar para limpiar el suelo."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A brush with stiff bristles used for scrubbing surfaces.

    "She used a scrubbing-brush to clean the dirty kitchen floor."
  2. 2

    A tool specifically designed for removing tough stains or dirt from various surfaces.

    "The scrubbing-brush was effective in getting rid of the grime on the patio."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'scrubbing-brush' combines 'scrubbing', derived from the Old English 'scrubban', meaning to clean or rub, and 'brush', which comes from the Middle English 'brushe', referring to a tool with bristles used for cleaning. The compound form emerged in the 19th century as cleaning tools became more specialized.

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