nail
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
Type of:
fastener; fastening; holdfast; fixing
Types:
brad
clout nail; clout
doornail
eightpenny nail
fourpenny nail
hobnail
sixpenny nail
spike
staple
stub nail
tack
tenpenny nail
WordNet Lexical Database
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