A brush is a device with bristles, wire or other filaments used for cleaning, grooming, painting, etc. Brush may also refer to: Brushes Grooming and cleaning Hairbrush, a brush designed for grooming hair Toothbrush, a brush designed for cleaning teeth Toilet brush, a brush used to clean toilets Applying substances Paintbrush, a brush used to apply paint or ink Ink brush, a brush used in East Asia for calligraphy Pastry brush, also known as a basting brush, a cooking utensil used to spread oil or glaze on food Airbrush, by analogy, a tool for spraying paint Other Brush (electric), a component which conducts current between stationary wires and moving parts Drum brush, a type of drumstick in music Places 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 Brush Hill (disambiguation) Brush Lake (disambiguation) Brush Valley (disambiguation) Plants Underbrush, plants that live below the forest canopy Prunings, cuttings from small trees and shrubs 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 Development Company, former manufacturer of audio and phonographic equipment 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 Brush (Martian crater) Brush (surname) Brush (video game), a building-block for video game levels , a United States Navy destroyer Basil Brush, a fictional fox on British television Ben Brush (1893-1918), American racehorse and sire See also Brushing (disambiguation) Scrub brush (disambiguation)