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NAILFILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nailfile mean? 

NAILFILE (noun)
  The noun NAILFILE has 1 sense:

1. a small flat file for shaping the nailsplay

  Familiarity information: NAILFILE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NAILFILE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A small flat file for shaping the nails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nailfile" is a kind of...):

file (a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal)


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