toothbrushes
- 1Plural of toothbrush.
The dentist handed out free toothbrushes to every child in the class.
Travel kits often include folding toothbrushes that fit in a small pocket.
Note
A regular plural with an extra syllable. After the hissing -sh of brush, English adds -es and pronounces it as its own beat, so the word ends like brushes and wishes. The same spelling does a second job, because toothbrush is also a verb meaning to scrub with one. In she toothbrushes the grout, it is a present-tense verb, not a plural noun, and only the sentence tells them apart.
toothbrushes is a form of toothbrush
toothbrush, noun: A brush made specifically for cleaning the teeth and normally used along with toothpaste. Full entry
- Forms
- toothbrushtoothbrushes plural
- Spelling
- toothbrush → toothbrushes: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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