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nails

/neɪlz/

nails noun: the four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on which bargains used to be struck. Also the plural of nail.

Noun

nails

  1. The four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on which bargains used to be struck.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Nails

Nails (plural Nailses)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Nails

Nails

  1. (plural) plural of Nail

Also used as

nails is also the plural of nail.

nails is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of nail.

nails is also the ellipsis of hard as nails.

nails meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

nails in Hindi

नाखून, नाखूनों, नाखूनें

nails in Tamil

நகங்கள்

nails in Marathi

नखे, नाखून
More languagesFewer languages
nails in Telugu
గోర్లు, గోరులు
nails in Malayalam
നഖങ്ങൾ
nails in Kannada
ಉಗುರುಗಳು, ಉಗುರುಗಳನ್ನು, ಉಗುರುಗಳ
nails in Punjabi
ਨਹੁੰ
nails in Gujarati
નખ, ખીલીઓ
nails in Odia
ନଖ, ନଖଗୁଡ଼ିକ
nails in Nepali
नखहरू, नाखूनहरू, नाखुनहरू

Forms of nails

pluralNailses

Origin of nails

Unidentified.

Phrases with nails

83 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with nails

19 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about nails

What does nails mean?
Nails means the four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on which bargains used to be struck.
What is nails in Hindi?
Nails in Hindi is नाखून, नाखूनों, नाखूनें. See Nails meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is nails?
Nails can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce nails?
Nails is pronounced /neɪlz/.

Words near nails in the dictionary

  1. nailpolishes
  2. nailprint
  3. nailprints
  4. nailproof
  5. nailrod
  6. nails
  7. nails down
  8. nails it
  9. nails Jell-O to a wall
  10. nails on a chalkboard
  11. nails one's colours to the mast

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nails (page history and authors); Nails (page history and authors); nails (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nails (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nails (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nails (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nails (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nails (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nails (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nails (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nails (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nails (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nails (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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