nail

Noun

nail (plural nails)

1. The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
2. A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
3. One of the four round pedestals (the nails) in Bristol.

4 letters in word "nail": A I L N.

Anagrams of nail:

• anil

• lain

Words found within nail:

ai ail ain al an ani in la li lin na nil

• Definitions:
• attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall" collar: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" smash: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" nail down: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits breeze through: succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course" a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener pinpoint: locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome" a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard complete: complete a pass
• A nail, when used as a unit, is usually one sixteenth of a certain base unit. In English usage the most common base units were the foot and the yard for length, the acre for area and the (long) hundredweight for mass.
• Relics that are claimed to be the Holy Nails with which Christ was crucified are objects of veneration among some Christians. ...
• Nail is a Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel album released by Self Immolation/Some Bizzare in 1985. In 1995, Nail was given a US release by Thirsty Ear.
• In anatomy, a nail is a horn-like piece at the end of a human's or an animal's finger or toe. See also claw.
• In engineering, woodworking and construction, a nail is a pin-shaped, sharp object of hard metal, typically steel, used as a fastener. Nails for specialised purposes may also be made of stainless steel, brass or aluminium.
• fastener made from endless wire by cutting a point and forming a head at the shank end opposite the point.
• the unguis.
• A closing, and passion nail.
• Soft steel nails specially designed for attaching horseshoes to hooves. They are generally made with a four-sided, tapered shaft; the tip beveled on the inside, and a head shaped to seat into a horseshoe. ...
• The spring loaded metal pin used in a bed of nails fixture to make contact with a node on a board or other assembly being tested.
• A small headed and pointed piece of metal driven though a piece of wood to fasten it to another. Longer and heavier examples are usually referred to as spikes, or double nails. Nails may be distinguished by material and mode of preparation, ie. nails may be wrought or forged, cut, or cast. ...
• Contaminants that remain undiluted as the original bulk liquid in the subsurface, eg, spilled oil. (See: fee product.)
• A galvanized or copper nail with a large head in which the last two numerals of the year are stamped; used when a tie is laid or treated to indicate its service life. Number, turnout. The number corresponding to the number of frog used in a turnout. Nutlock. A spring washer.
• A slender piece of metal either pointed or tapering, used for driving through wood or other material. Nails run in size from 2d (two penny), one inch long, to 20d (twenty penny), four inches long in carpenter usage. ...
• Keratinized projection at the tips of the digits; usually short, flat and blunt.

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