fingernail

fin·ger·nail

noun \ˈfiŋ-gər-ˌnāl, ˌfiŋ-gər-ˈnāl\

Definition of FINGERNAIL

: the nail of a finger

Examples of FINGERNAIL

1. I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
2. He had dirt under his fingernails.

First Known Use of FINGERNAIL

13th century

Rhymes with FINGERNAIL

abigail, altar rail, armored scale, audit trail, aventail, beavertail, bristletail, button quail, clapper rail, coffin nail, Corriedale, cottontail, countervail, Coverdale, direct mail, disentail, draggle-tail, fairy tale, farthingale, forestaysail, gaff-topsail, galingale, garage sale, ginger ale, Holy Grail, humpback whale, Irish mail, killer whale, macroscale, martingale, microscale, monorail, montadale, nanoscale, nightingale, Nightingale, old wives' tale, overscale, paper trail, pilot whale, ponytail, purple scale, romeldale, rummage sale, sliding scale, solar sail, studding sail, Sunnyvale, swallowtail, tattletale, tooth and nail, tripletail, trundle-tail, vapor trail, yellowtail