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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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Example Sentences

Do you still use a wire brush to clean your grill?

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2022

Colton Morris, 28, knelt on the concrete floor of a warehouse in rural Ohio, carefully combing the fur on a pile of coyote pelts with a wire brush before putting them up for auction.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2019

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

As to that wire brush, despite stories of people ingesting the bristles, “you’re as likely to win the lottery, with happier results of course,” Raichlen says.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2018

I had to roll the pot in the grass and climb halfway in with a wire brush to loosen the clinging soap.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck