hairbrush

noun

hair·​brush ˈher-ˌbrəsh How to pronounce hairbrush (audio)
: a brush for the hair

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There was a doll to be fixed up and chastised with a hairbrush that was twice its length. Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025 The best hairbrush for fine hair will do more than detangle. Daisy Maldonado, Glamour, 20 June 2025 The Essential Soft Hairbrush $168 Moda Operandi Made with a blend of natural bristles and soft nylon fibers, La Bonne Brosse’s scalp hairbrush is meant to glide gently through your strands while stimulating the scalp and distributing oils from root to tip. Daisy Maldonado, Glamour, 20 June 2025 Hair dryer brushes: These hybrid tools perform as a blow dryer and traditional hairbrush in one, which helps to simplify the blow dry process. Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hairbrush

Word History

First Known Use

1599, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hairbrush was in 1599

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“Hairbrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hairbrush. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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hairbrush

noun
hair·​brush ˈha(ə)r-ˌbrəsh How to pronounce hairbrush (audio)
ˈhe(ə)r-
: a brush for the hair

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