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nail plates

nail plates is the plural of nail plate.

Meaning of nail plate

Noun

nail plate (countable and uncountable, plural nail plates)

  1. The hard, exposed portion of a fingernail or toenail, made of translucent keratin protein.
  2. Iron in the form of plates, from which cut nails are made.

Questions about nail plates

What is nail plates the plural of?
Nail plates is the plural of nail plate.

Words near nail plates in the dictionary

  1. nail lacquer
  2. nail lacquers
  3. nail one's colors to the mast
  4. nail one's colours to the mast
  5. nail plate
  6. nail plates
  7. nail polish
  8. nail polish remover
  9. nail polish removers
  10. nail polishes
  11. nail puller

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