fingernailnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɪŋ.ɡə.neɪl/us/ˈfɪŋ.ɡɚ.neɪl/also nailB2 the hard, slightly curved part that covers and protects the top of the end of a finger:
dirty fingernails
She had long red fingernails.
More examples
- She dug her fingernails into my wrist.
- He bites his fingernails - it's an infuriating habit.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The hand
- -fingered
- ball
- carpal
- carpometacarpal
- carpus
- digitorum
- fingerprint
- flat
- middle finger
- palm
- paw
- pollicis
- right-handed
- right-hander
- ring finger
- thenar
- triquetrum
- two-handed
- volar
- volaris
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