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NAILHEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nailhead mean?
• NAILHEAD (noun)
The noun NAILHEAD has 2 senses:
1. something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device
2. flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point
Familiarity information: NAILHEAD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nailhead" is a kind of...):
decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nailhead" is a kind of...):
boss; knob (a circular rounded projection or protuberance)
Holonyms ("nailhead" is a part of...):
nail (a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener)
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