brad
noun
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
brads
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pluralof brad.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Drive the brads through from the under side of the base an eighth of an inch within the guiding line.
From Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools by Virginia McGaw
After the work has been passed, tack on the moulding capping, with brads, and paint the moulding to match the woodwork.
From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Frederick Irving Anderson
