Meaning

1 senses
  1. An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws.

    an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Ziri asked Yazid if he could borrow his bradawl.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From brad + awl.

From brad + awl.

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Forms

plural: bradawls
Singularbradawl
Pluralbradawls

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws:pricker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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