brad
[brad]
noun
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
verb (used with object), brad·ded, brad·ding.
to fasten with brads.
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screw, pin, nut, rod, pipe, fastener, spike, latch, rivet, point, nail, staple, pushpin, thumbtack, lag, bar, coupling, lock, stake, dowel
Nearby words
- bracteal,
- bracteate,
- bracteolate,
- bracteole,
- bracteose,
- bradawl,
- bradbury,
- bradbury, ray,
- bradded,
- braddock
Origin of brad
1425–75; late Middle English brad, dialectal variant of Middle English brod(d) sprout, shoot, nail < Old Norse braddr, cognate with Old English brord spike (see braird)
Brad
[brad]
noun
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brad
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Word Origin for brad
Old English brord point, prick; related to Old Norse broddr spike, sting, Old High German brort edge
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brad
"small wire nail," late 13c., brod, from Old Norse broddr "spike, point, arrow," from Proto-Germanic *brozda- (cf. Old English brord "point, prick, blade of grass," Old High German brort "point, edge, crown"), from PIE *bhrs-dh-, from root *bhars- "projectile, point, bristle" (see bristle (n.)).
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