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nailkeg

nailkeg noun: a keg designed to store nails.

Noun

nailkeg (plural nailkegs)

  1. A keg designed to store nails.
  2. (World-War-I, slang) A shrapnel shell.

Forms of nailkeg

pluralnailkegs
alternative formnail-keg
alternative formnail keg

Words formed from nailkeg

  • big as a nailkeg

Questions about nailkeg

What does nailkeg mean?
Nailkeg means a keg designed to store nails.
What part of speech is nailkeg?
Nailkeg is a noun.
What is the plural of nailkeg?
The plural of nailkeg is nailkegs.

Words near nailkeg in the dictionary

  1. nailing the hammer on the head
  2. nailing to the counter
  3. nailings
  4. nailist
  5. nailists
  6. nailkeg
  7. nailkegs
  8. Naill
  9. nailless
  10. naillike
  11. Naills

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