Brush (disambiguation)

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A brush is a device with bristles, wire or other filaments used for cleaning, grooming, painting (paintbrush), etc. Brush may also refer to:

Brushes

• Hairbrush, a brush designed for grooming hair
• Toothbrush, a brush designed for cleaning teeth
• Brush (electric), a device which conducts current between stationary wires and moving parts
• Toilet brush, a brush used to clean toilets
• Pastry brush, also known as a basting brush, a cooking utensil used to spread oil or glaze on food
• A type of drum stick called "Drum brush", used for smoother playing
• Paintbrush, a brush used to apply paint or ink
• Ink brush, a brush used in East Asia for calligraphy

People

• Brush (surname)

Places

• Brush, California, a ghost town near Brush Creek in Butte County, California, United States
• Brush, Colorado, a statutory city located in eastern Morgan County, Colorado, United States
• Brush Creek (disambiguation), the name of many streams, particularly in the United States

Plants

• Indian Paintbrush (disambiguation), a name that may refer to butterfly weed, hawkweed or the genus Castilleja
• Scrubland, a plant community characterized by scrub vegetation, sometimes referred to as the brush

Manufacturing

• Brush Engineered Materials, a metal manufacturing company
• Brush Motor Car Company, a defunct United States automobile company
• Brush Traction, a United Kingdom locomotive manufacturer
• Brush Turbogenerators, a multi-national holding company for companies that build generators, owned by Melrose plc
• Brush Electrical Machines, a United Kingdom generator manufacturer
• Brush HMA, a Dutch generator manufacturer
• Brush SEM, a Czech generator manufacturer

Other uses

• USS Brush (DD-745), a United States Navy destroyer named for Charles Brush
• Rufe Brush, an anthropomorphic squirrel from the book Mariel of Redwall, part of the Redwall series of fantasy books
• Basil Brush, a fictional fox on British television that has appeared on multiple shows from 1963 to the present
• Ben Brush (1893-1918), a United States racehorse and prolific sire who won the Kentucky Derby in 1896
• Brush (video game), a building-block for video game levels