brush on

1. 1.

   apply with a brush

   “Brush butter on the roast”

   Broadercoat

Questions about brush on

What does brush on mean?

brush on means "apply with a brush".

Is brush on a common word?

brush on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.