toenail

Pluraltoenails

Formstoenails, toenailing, toenailed

1. 1
   nouncountable

   The hard, clear plate that grows over the tip of a toe.

   Like a small, hard shield sitting on the tip of each toe.

   He cut his big toenail too short and it hurt for days.

   She painted her toenails bright red before the trip.

2. 2
   verbtransitive

   To join two boards by driving nails into both of them at a slanted angle.

   Like pinning two cards together by pushing a pin through both at a slant.

   The carpenter toenailed the post to the wooden floor.

   You can toenail the studs to the base plate quickly.

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