Definitions
Small metal fastener, or hard plate at a finger or toe tip.
Word origin
From Middle English nail, nayl, Old English næġl, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (“nail”).
Used in a sentence
“When I'm nervous I bite my nails.”
“He nailed the placard to the post.”
“He used the ax head for nailing.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Finger or toe plate”4 letters
02“Hammered metal fastener”4 letters
03“Small metal fastener”4 letters
04“Wall fastener”4 letters
05“Finger or toe covering”4 letters
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