Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bottlebrush

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: bot-tle-brush
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.

noun

Any of various trees or shrubs of the myrtle family, especially of the genera Callistemon and Melaleuca, native to Australia and adjacent areas, having spikes of flowers with numerous conspicuous stamens.

noun

An uncommon cave formation resulting from a rise in water level such that a stalactite becomes immersed in water that is supersaturated with calcium carbonate, causing the stalactite to become coated with pool spar.

Example Sentences

"‘But look, there's some grass up till this bottlebrush which looks like it's bin trampled.’"

Etymology

From bottle + brush.

Inflected Forms

bottlebrushes (plural) bottle brush (alternative) bottle-brush (alternative)

Questions

What does bottlebrush mean?: A cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.
Where does bottlebrush come from?: From bottle + brush.

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