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straw nail

straw nail noun: a long-shanked nail sometimes used for fastening over tile at hips and ridges.

Noun

straw nail (plural straw nails)

  1. A long-shanked nail sometimes used for fastening over tile at hips and ridges.

Forms of straw nail

pluralstraw nails

Questions about straw nail

What does straw nail mean?
Straw nail means a long-shanked nail sometimes used for fastening over tile at hips and ridges.
What part of speech is straw nail?
Straw nail is a noun.
What is the plural of straw nail?
The plural of straw nail is straw nails.

Words near straw nail in the dictionary

  1. straw manning
  2. straw mans
  3. straw men
  4. straw mushroom
  5. straw mushrooms
  6. straw nail
  7. straw nails
  8. straw owner
  9. straw owners
  10. straw poll
  11. straw polls

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