carbon brush

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noun

a small block of carbon used to convey current between the stationary and moving parts of an electric generator, motor, etc

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Words nearby carbon brush

carbonate, carbonation, carbonatite, carbon bisulphide, carbon black, carbon brush, carbon capture, carbon copy, carbon credit, carbon cycle, Carbondale

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How to use carbon brush in a sentence

But just up the steep river bank and through the brush is an opening.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It reacts very readily with oxygen by burning smokelessly, with carbon dioxide and water as its byproducts.
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before this latest brush with the law, the rapper was facing pot-bust and unrelated gun charges.
Rapper Bobby Shmurda Arrested at New York’s Notorious Quad Studios|M.L. Nestel|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Methane (chemical formula CH4) is one of the simplest hydrocarbons, which literally means “containing hydrogen and carbon.”
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It was starting to look like Cosby might not brush this scandal off.
How the World Turned on Bill Cosby: A Day-by-Day Account|Scott Porch|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We squatted in the long grass and buck-brush, listening, and a few seconds later heard a horse snort distinctly.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Her success increased her confidence in herself and enhanced the boldness and freedom with which she handled her brush.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Two or three small parties of guerrillas had been sighted, but they took to the brush at the sight of the Federals.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Grandfather Mole felt it brush his back as it swept into place again.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
What are a few paltry, lumps of crystallised carbon compared to a galaxy of a million million suns?
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford