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TREENAIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("treenail" is a kind of...):
nog; peg (a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface)