nailer
/'neilə/
Definition
- Noun:
- A worker who attaches something by nailing it: A person whose job involves fastening materials together using nails.
Examples
- Noun:
- The carpenter hired a skilled nailer for the roofing project.
- In the 19th century, a nailer was a common occupation in shipbuilding.
Advanced Usage
- "A nailer for detail": This is a figurative extension, describing someone who is exceptionally precise, thorough, or skilled in their work, much like a worker who fastens things securely. (Note: This usage is less common and more idiomatic than the primary definition).
- As an editor, she was a real nailer for detail, catching every tiny error.
Variants and Related Words
- Nail gun (n): A power tool that drives nails into material, often used by a nailer.
- The nailer used a pneumatic nail gun to speed up the framing.
- Nailing (n/gerund): The act of fastening with nails.
- The nailing of the floorboards was done perfectly.
Synonyms
- Fastener: A person or thing that fastens.
- Carpenter: A skilled worker who builds or repairs wooden structures, a trade that often involves nailing. (This is a broader, related profession).
Related Phrases
- "Hard as nails": An idiom describing someone who is very tough, strong, or unsentimental. (This idiom relates to the object "nail," not directly to the worker "nailer").
- After years in the military, he was as hard as nails.
Noun
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a worker who attaches something by nailing it
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