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Meaning of cepillo



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cepillo
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1º_ It is a diminutive of cepo that due to its use or form gave rise to other meanings. 2º_ Hair tool, it is made up of a handle with bristles at one end that are passed through the hair. Surely the former imprisoned these bristles between two wooden blocks to hold them, and hence the association with the "small stock". 3º_ There are variants of the previous one with wire or hard synthetic materials that are used to clean or wear out. In carpentry the brush goes a little further, and instead of bristles it has a sharp metal blade to trim the wood. 4th_ Piggy bank that is placed in churches to collect alms from the faithful. The common name of several plants, such as Globularia vulgaris, Dipsacus fullonum or those of the genus Callistemon. 6th_ Inflection of the verb brush . See verbs/brush.

  



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

It is a toiletry element that has a wooden or plastic base and has many bristles or hairs, which in turn can be made of many different materials (hair, bristle, wire, plastic). . There are many kinds and to fulfill different functions (toothbrush, brush to clean the floor and even brush to polish wood.

  

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Cayetano Pelaez del Rosal

Wooden box with an opening for throwing coins in the church

  










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