2. Printing. a parenthesis.
Examples from the web for fingernail
- Squeezing a chemistry lab down to fingernail size could provide instant medical tests at home and on the battlefield.
- Neither drama nor characters are shaped so that the viewer is compelled to feel mystified or fingernail-chewing tense.
- The egg-seller's gaze is drawn toward her bitten fingers where only small stubs of fingernail remain.
- He could hear nothing but the little rough scratch of her fingernail against the silk.
- She ran a fingernail around one avocado, splitting the skin, then twisted the fruit in half.
- Tonight, though, a fingernail crescent provides only a few hours of illumination before retiring below the horizon.
- Hair- and skin-care products drew eight billion dollars each, while fingernail items alone accounted for a billion.
- Hair- and skin-care products drew eight billion dollars each, which fingernail items alone accounted for a billion.
- No biggie, the touchscreen is easy to use with a fingernail.
- In many cases, you'd better off consulting chicken bones and fingernail clippings.
British Dictionary definitions for fingernail
noun 1. a thin horny translucent plate covering part of the dorsal surface of the end joint of each finger related adjectives ungual ungular
Word Origin and History for fingernail
fingernail in Medicine
fingernail fin·ger·nail (fĭng'gər-nāl')
n.
The nail on a finger.