brad
noun
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
Showing results for brad.
Search instead for
bradding.
brad
1 American
[brad]
/ bræd /
noun
-
brads
plural
verb (used with object)
bradded,
bradding
Brad
2
American
[brad]
/ bræd /
noun
brad
British
/ bræd /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
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)
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Finishing touches include cardboard knobs and buttons, and a temperature meter secured with a brad.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
“Whoever picked that cover for brad pitt’s GQ issue is getting fireddddd,” wrote @nicholasdante_.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
Louis Vuitton logo brad is seen outside a Louis Vuitton store in Paris, France, January 27, 2020.
From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2021
Tweeted one: “walter is brad pitt for us smart girls.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2017
The placard had been there on that day too. brad bolitar, it read, in plain black ink on a white index card in a weather-protected plastic case.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
"Georgians continue to head to the polls in record numbers because they trust the system," top elections official Brad Raffensperger said Thursday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Brad Cooper as the U.S. weighs resuming major combat operations, according to U.S. officials and other people with direct knowledge of the meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Historically, workers who job-hopped have made more money, especially earlier in their careers, said Brad Hershbein, a senior economist at the W.E.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Jez Litten and Morgan Knowles have been brought into the starting line-up for England's must-win Men's Rugby League World Cup match against Papua New Guinea - with Brad O'Neill dropping out of the squad.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
But Brad is looking to Charlie, who shakes his head no.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
Paper bag, plush, and recently she started making flat ones out of cardboard that have joints made out of metal brads giving them some mobility.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2016
An insurance adjuster allowed the claim, but the company discovered that smart Gerald Bodine had mulcted insurance firms ten times for gulping nails, brads, tacks, pins, et al.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had been promoted from gluing on the bristles to fastening the wooden halves of a brush together with brads.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
It is run over a carding wheel, or a large metal cylinder covered with small brads, which mix all the mohair and kemp.
From Practical Angora Goat Raising by
Upon the surface of the block the caliper leg is held by brads or nails driven around its edge, as shown, or it is obvious screws may be used.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
I switched on the light and looked into a cracked piece of mirror bradded with bent nails to the wall.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
It was three planks thick, crossed one another and bradded together wid iron nails.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
They come in thick wood doors with iron nails bradded through, fastened on big hinges, fastened it with chains and iron bars.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
You have bradded me on, and told me that a man of the woods always gets what he wants if he goes after it right.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
