Definitions for nailhead

nailhead nail·head

Spelling: [neyl-hed]
IPA: /ˈneɪlˌhɛd/

Nailhead is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 270 anagrams from letters in nailhead (aadehiln).

Definitions for nailhead

noun

  1. the enlarged top of a nail, usually flattened but sometimes rounded.
  2. an ornament that suggests or resembles the enlarged top of a nail.

Origin of nailhead

First recorded in 1675-85; nail + head

Examples for nailhead

Just at the point of junction in the nailhead was a small convent garden, all scarlet, pink, white and dazzling emerald green.

It takes a keen eye to see a fly or a nailhead at fifty yards—one hundred and fifty feet.

In the above-mentioned wall is an Early English doorway, with a dripstone adorned with the nailhead moulding.

All the string-courses, it will be noticed, are enriched with the nailhead moulding.

Marglobe is a midseason variety, with large vine and foliage, resistant to fusarium and nailhead spot.

Word Value for nailhead
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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