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NAILHEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nailhead mean? 

NAILHEAD (noun)
  The noun NAILHEAD has 2 senses:

1. something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental deviceplay

2. flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the pointplay

  Familiarity information: NAILHEAD used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NAILHEAD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nailhead" is a kind of...):

decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nailhead" is a kind of...):

boss; knob (a circular rounded projection or protuberance)

Holonyms ("nailhead" is a part of...):

nail (a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener)


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