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Meaning of handnail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Synonym of fingernail.

uncommon

Examples

“On opening the lead, the fleſh, hair, and toe and hand nails, were as perfect and ſound as though he had not been dead ſix hours.”
“He looked very young, almost a boy, and had a habit of biting off handnails.”
“Localisation: Handnails, rarely footnails (infection not very common in India).”
“We compared our hands: even the corns and handnails were the same.”
“Deformed, dirtily stained and made extremely fragile, toenails as well as handnails of Kanemi Rice Oil Disease patients come off suddenly, to be replaced by new ones which face the same fate.”
“It was also found that making artificial nails, which comprises making a model of handnails of each person, making a plastic cover for the nails[…]”
“Vee luff Mickey and his beeg juicy eyes, (zombie eyes) and Minny with her sharp handnails.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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