Meaning of brushful | Babel Free

Definitions

A sufficient quantity to fill the bristles of a brush.

Examples

“Fougère Royale (Royal Fern) Shaving Cream absorbs brushesful of water and whips up a close⟳, fine-textured, beard-softening lather with the refreshing odor of Royal Fern.”

“Dip your brush into the paint⟳ and transfer⟳ two or three brushesful onto the palette.”

“Finally, remembering their patience with the fenced sycamore, I resolved to give⟳ the cottonwood trunk a few brushesful every few months just on principle.”

“Legs dangle and pinwheel in the light⟳ morning breeze and the head sags over as Dan Bergeron slops a thick, opaque brushful of wheat paste across the chest, pinning it to the ragged brick.”

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