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flooring nailer

flooring nailer noun: a tool designed specifically to drive a nail at about a 45-degree angle into the tongue of a tongue-and-groove board used for flooring, the hammer blow simultaneously pressing the board against its previously nailed match and fastening the board to subflooring.

flooring nailer: a tool designed specifically to drive a nail at about a 45-degree angle into the tongue of a...
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Noun

flooring nailer (plural flooring nailers)

  1. A tool designed specifically to drive a nail at about a 45-degree angle into the tongue of a tongue-and-groove board used for flooring, the hammer blow simultaneously pressing the board against its previously nailed match and fastening the board to subflooring.

Forms of flooring nailer

pluralflooring nailers

Questions about flooring nailer

What does flooring nailer mean?
Flooring nailer means a tool designed specifically to drive a nail at about a 45-degree angle into the tongue of a tongue-and-groove board used for flooring, the hammer blow simultaneously pressing the board against its previously nailed match and fastening the board to subflooring.
What part of speech is flooring nailer?
Flooring nailer is a noun.
What is the plural of flooring nailer?
The plural of flooring nailer is flooring nailers.

Words near flooring nailer in the dictionary

  1. floorhands
  2. floorhead
  3. floorheads
  4. flooring
  5. flooring it
  6. flooring nailer
  7. flooring nailers
  8. flooring spacer
  9. flooringly
  10. floorings
  11. floorladies

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