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nail bed

nail bed is the alternative spelling of nailbed.

Meaning of nailbed

Noun

nailbed (plural nailbeds)

  1. The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal.
    • On close inspection one of the nails will be found to be damaged, often with the nailbed exposed.2002, Meg Brown, Virginia Richardson, Rabbitlopaedia, →ISBN, page 95
    Synonyms:
    quick

Forms of nail bed

pluralnail beds

Questions about nail bed

What is nail bed the alternative spelling of?
Nail bed is the alternative spelling of nailbed.

Words near nail bed in the dictionary

  1. nail balls
  2. nail bar
  3. nail bars
  4. nail bat
  5. nail bats
  6. nail bed
  7. nail beds
  8. nail biter
  9. nail biters
  10. nail biting
  11. nail bomb

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