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

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

“The sheet metal gets sandblasted and any moving parts are taken down to the metal with a wire brush, and then, we just start putting them back.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2017

Use a wire brush to remove dirt and concrete chips, then thoroughly clean the concrete.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2016

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