nailset

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noun

A tool used with a hammer for driving in nails, rather than striking the nail directly at the risk of damaging the surrounding surface.

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Meanings

nounnailset (plural nailsets)

plural nailsets

  1. A tool used with a hammer for driving in nails, rather than striking the nail directly at the risk of damaging the surrounding surface.

Origin

From nail + set.

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Translations

French chasse-clou
  • chasse-cloupunch for driving nails
German Nageltreiber, Versenker
  • Nageltreiberpunch for driving nails
  • Versenkerpunch for driving nails
Italian cacciachiodi
  • cacciachiodipunch for driving nails
Portuguese punção de pregos
  • punção de pregospunch for driving nails
Spanish punzón de clavos
  • punzón de clavospunch for driving nails

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

nailset. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailset

MLA

“nailset.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailset. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nailset,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailset.

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