Brush (disambiguation)

A brush is a device with bristles, wire or other filaments used for cleaning, grooming, painting, 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
• Drum brush, a type of drum stick used for smoother playing
• Yard brush a brush for outside sweeping

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, the name of many streams, particularly in the United States

Plants

• Indian Paintbrush, 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

Surname

• Charles F. Brush (1849-1929), a United States inventor
• George de Forest Brush (1855-1941), a United States painter
• George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912), a United States mineralogist
• Henry Brush (1778–1855), a United States legislator
• Jared M. Brush (1814–1895), a former mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• John T. Brush (1845-1912), a United States sports executive
• Katharine Brush (1902-1952), a United States author
• Paul Brush (born 1958), an English footballer
• Richard Brush (born 1984), an English footballer

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