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cut nails

cut nails is the plural of cut nail.

Meaning of cut nail

Noun

cut nail (plural cut nails)

  1. A nail having a tapering rectangular shape, produced by cutting from a sheet of iron or steel, now primarily used for masonry and historical renovations.
    • Introduction—Every carpenter and builder is aware of the difficulty of making the ordinary cut nails hold firmly, especially in the boarding and shingling of roofs....1846, editorial staff, “NAIL SWEDGING MACHINE”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 97
    Synonyms:
    square nail

Questions about cut nails

What is cut nails the plural of?
Cut nails is the plural of cut nail.

Words near cut nails in the dictionary

  1. cut loose
  2. cut lunch
  3. cut lunches
  4. cut money
  5. cut nail
  6. cut nails
  7. cut of one's jib
  8. cut of the same cloth
  9. cut of their jibs
  10. cut off
  11. cut off a corner

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