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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

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 millet
  2. finger millets
  3. finger mirror
  4. finger mirrors
  5. finger muffin
  6. finger nail
  7. finger nails
  8. finger neb
  9. finger nebs
  10. finger nut
  11. finger on the pulse

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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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