nailer

/'neilə/

Thân thiện

A carpenter uses a nailer to secure a wooden plank.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a worker who attaches something by nailing it