the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A brush used to apply paint.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A brush for applying paint.
n. In botany, the shrubby St. John's-wort, Hypericum proliftcum, so called from its brush of yellow stamens; also the king-devil, Hieracium præaltum, named with reference to the yellow flower-head.
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n. a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)
Word Usage
"The artist's paintbrush is a twenty-two ton pelleteuse."