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NAILFILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nailfile mean?
• NAILFILE (noun)
The noun NAILFILE has 1 sense:
1. a small flat file for shaping the nails
Familiarity information: NAILFILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small flat file for shaping the nails
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nailfile" is a kind of...):
file (a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal)
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