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finger-nail

finger-nail is the alternative form of fingernail.

Meaning of fingernail

Noun

fingernail (plural fingernails)

  1. The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
    Synonyms:
    handnail

Forms of finger-nail

pluralfinger-nails

Phrases with finger-nail

Questions about finger-nail

What is finger-nail the alternative form of?
Finger-nail is the alternative form of fingernail.

Words near finger-nail in the dictionary

  1. finger-light
  2. finger-mark
  3. finger-marked
  4. finger-marking
  5. finger-marks
  6. finger-nail
  7. finger-nails
  8. finger-paint
  9. finger-painted
  10. finger-painting
  11. finger-paints

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Adapted from Wiktionary: finger-nail (page history and authors); fingernail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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