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door·nail
/
ˈdɔrˌneɪl
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ˈdoʊr-
/
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-neyl
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dohr
-
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a large-headed nail formerly used for strengthening or ornamenting doors.
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2.
dead as a doornail,
stone-dead:
After midnight, the town is dead as a doornail.
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Doornail
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English
dornail.
See
door
,
nail
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doornail
(ˈdɔːˌneɪl)
—
n
(as) dead as a doornail
dead beyond any doubt
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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doornail
see
dead as a doornail
.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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