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Definition of Nailbrush
1. Noun. A brush used to clean a person's fingernails.
Definition of Nailbrush
1. n. A brush for cleaning the nails.
Definition of Nailbrush
1. Noun. a small brush, with firm bristles, used to clean the fingernails or to scrub the hands ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nailbrush
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nailbrush
Literary usage of Nailbrush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutic Gazette (1907)
"After the washing is resumed -the ends of the fingers and the palmar surfaces of
the hands are scrubbed with a Tampico nailbrush ; the forearms, ..."
2. In Sickness and in Health: A Manual of Domestic Medicine and Surgery by James West Roosevelt (1896)
"Such a final scrubbing should last at least three minutes and should be followed
by a rubbing with alcohol and nailbrush, and finally, and least important, ..."
3. The Lancet (1898)
"... turn up our shirt-sleeves, wash our hands and nails (which should be cut as
short as possible) with soap and hot water and nailbrush, and make free use ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1894)
"In regard to disinfection of the hands, the author states, the best results have
followed the usual thorough scrubbing with soap, hot water, and nailbrush, ..."
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