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• wire brush
  wire brush

  noun

  a brush with steel bristles for removing rust, flaking paint, etc.
• wire-brush
  wire-brush

  verb (used with object)

  to clean or remove with a wire brush.

wire brush

¹ American  

noun

1. a brush with steel bristles for removing rust, flaking paint, etc.

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wire-brush ² American  

[wahyuhr-bruhsh] / ˈwaɪərˈbrʌʃ /

verb (used with object)

1. to clean or remove with a wire brush.

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wire brush British  

noun

1. a brush having wire bristles, used for cleaning metal, esp for removing rust, or for brushing against a cymbal

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Never use a steel wire brush, which will harm masonry surfaces, including concrete.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

Then clean off rust or mineral deposits on the shower arm with a wire brush, wrap plumber’s tape around the threads of the arm and screw the new shower head on.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2022

Mr. Carluccio held court with passers-by, as he squirted the paint onto the bumpy canvas, and then used a coarse wire brush to work it into the rough contours of the cover’s crevices and ridges.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2018

Martin Weisberg, Ethicon’s medical director, replied: “I’ve never tried the wire brush thing so I won’t comment.”

From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2017

The brutal afternoon workouts left him exhausted and sore but feeling cleansed, as if someone had scrubbed out his soul with a stiff wire brush.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

A power drill or grinder motor with a wire-brush attachment will save a lot of elbow grease, but smaller tools can be taken care of by hand.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2014

He is a tall, thin man with a wire-brush shock of cherry-soda colored hair and a look of permanent seriousness.

From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2011

The wire-brush never flags; And what's the result?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 7, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

Through the long aching minutes nothing whatever happened, and her wire-brush tail returned slowly to its proper shape.

From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard