escombrall

Catalan

Etymology

From escombrar +‎ -all.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.kumˈbɾaʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.komˈbɾaʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.komˈbɾaʎ]

Noun

escombrall m (plural escombralls)

1. a long-handled brush used to clean a bread oven
2. (obsolete) sweepings, rubbish (plural only)

Further reading

• “escombrall”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007