nail

Definition

Examples

Use a hammer and a long nail to hang the picture on the wall.

Word Family

Synonyms

• pina piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
• fastenera hardware device that closes or secures things together

Collocations

• Easy hammer a nail
  to hammer a nail, meaning to beat with or as if with a hammer
• Medium nail down final contract provisions
  to nail down final contract provisions, meaning to attach something somewhere by means of nails
• Hard regulatory standards for cosmetic nail varnishes
  describing regulatory standards for cosmetic nail varnishes (restricting according to rules or principles)
• Very Hard nail one's colors to the mast on governance
  to nail one's colors to the mast on governance, meaning to attach something somewhere by means of nails