Definitions for bradawl

bradawl brad·awl

Spelling: [brad-awl]
IPA: /ˈbrædˌɔl/

Bradawl is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in bradawl (aabdlrw).

Definitions for bradawl

noun

  1. an awl for making small holes in wood for brads.

Origin of bradawl

First recorded in 1815-25; brad + awl

Examples for bradawl

When dry, make a bradawl hole through one part, to reach the powder.

Through the balancing point G a bradawl is stuck, and on that as pivot the whole readily revolves.

Very small rockets, 2⁄8, are made for children; they are rammed solid, and a hole is pushed up them with a bradawl.

He waved his hand deprecatingly, the bradawl used for his work in it.

Then tell me, Gustavus, have you ever lived in service with a gentleman who was partial to a bradawl—of a night, you understand?

Mr bradawl had a pretty tough job of it, for the oak was hard.

Holes can be made in the centre with a bradawl and enlarged with a round file.

Around the cell are a number of small holes, looking as if they had been bored with a bradawl.

Care must be taken to bore for the nails with a bradawl, as nothing looks worse than splits in the work.

The body wire (having no loops) can be pushed in at the head through a hole previously made with a bradawl.

Word Value for bradawl
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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