Large nail or pin
1Nail (fastener) — A pile of nails. In woodworking and construction, a nail is a pin shaped, sharp object of hard metal or alloy used as a fastener. Formerly wrought iron, today s nails are typically made of steel, often dipped or coated to prevent corrosion in… …
2Nail gun — Pneumatic nail gun in use A nail gun, nailgun or nailer is a type of tool used to drive nails into wood or some other kind of material. It is usually driven by electromagnetism, compressed air (pneumatic), highly flammable gases such as butane or …
3nail — nailless, adj. naillike, adj. /nayl/, n. 1. a slender, typically rod shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and… …
4Nail Men — Statue of Hindenburg in front of the Victory Column in Berlin, 1919 …
5Push pin (disambiguation) — A push pin is a short nail or pin with a large, slightly rounded head made of metal.Push pin may also refer to:* Push Pin Studios, a graphic design studio * Push pin, an English child s game …
6Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …
7spike — n. 1. Ear (of grain), head. 2. Large nail or pin …
8Punch (tool) — For punches used in punch presses, see Punching. A punch is a hard metal rod with a shaped tip at one end and a blunt butt end at the other, which is usually struck by a hammer. Punches are used to drive objects, such as nails, or to form an… …
9tack — tack1 [tæk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(nail)¦ 2¦(pin)¦ 3¦(way of doing something)¦ 4¦(ship)¦ 5¦(horses)¦ 6¦(sewing)¦ 7¦(ugly objects)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 4, 6; Date: 1300 1400; : Old North French; Origin: taque fastening ] …
10Thumbtack — A thumbtack (known as a pushpin or a drawing pin in the UK, India, Australia and New Zealand) is a short nail or pin with a large, slightly rounded head made of metal which is used to fasten documents to a background for public display and which… …
