FINGERNAIL
Dictionary entry overview: What does fingernail mean? • FINGERNAIL (noun)
The noun FINGERNAIL has 1 sense:
1. the nail at the end of a finger
Familiarity information: FINGERNAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FINGERNAIL (noun)
Meaning:
The nail at the end of a finger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("fingernail" is a kind of...):
nail (horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fingernail"):
thumbnail (the nail of the thumb)
Holonyms ("fingernail" is a part of...):
finger (any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb))
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