"nail file" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nail files [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nail file (plural nail files)
  1. A small file made of soft metal, or a board covered with fine sandpaper, for filing and shaping one's fingernails and toenails. Wikipedia link: nail file Categories (topical): Hygiene Synonyms: nailfile Translations (A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails): 指甲銼 (Chinese Mandarin), 指甲锉 (zhǐjiǎ cuò) (Chinese Mandarin), pilník na nehty (Czech), neglefil [common-gender] (Danish), nagelvijl [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kynsiviila (Finnish), lime à ongles [feminine] (French), Nagelfeile [feminine] (German), λίμα (líma) [feminine] (Greek), körömreszelő (Hungarian), херхилг (xerxilg) (Ingush), limetta [feminine] (Italian), ネイルファイル (neiru fairu) (Japanese), 爪やすり (tsumeyasuri) (alt: つめやすり) (Japanese), láshgaan bee yichʼiishí (Navajo), سوهان ناخن (sohân-e nâxon) (Persian), pilniczek [masculine] (Polish), pilnik do paznokci [masculine] (Polish), lixa de unha [feminine] (Portuguese), pilă de unghii [feminine] (Romanian), пи́лочка для ногте́й (píločka dlja nogtéj) [feminine] (Russian), пи́лочка (píločka) [feminine] (Russian), rašpica za nokte [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), turpija za nokte [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lima de uñas [feminine] (Spanish), nagelfil [common-gender] (Swedish), ตะไบเล็บ (dtà-bai-lép) (Thai), törpü (Turkish), tırnak törpüsü (Turkish)

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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "word": "指甲銼"
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Nagelfeile"
    },
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "λίμα"
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "word": "körömreszelő"
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      "roman": "xerxilg",
      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "word": "херхилг"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
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      "word": "limetta"
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "word": "ネイルファイル"
    },
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      "alt": "つめやすり",
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
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      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "word": "láshgaan bee yichʼiishí"
    },
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sohân-e nâxon",
      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "word": "سوهان ناخن"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pilnik do paznokci"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lixa de unha"
    },
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
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      "word": "пи́лочка"
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rašpica za nokte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "turpija za nokte"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lima de uñas"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
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      "word": "nagelfil"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "word": "ตะไบเล็บ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "A file for shaping one's fingernails and toenails",
      "word": "törpü"
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      "word": "tırnak törpüsü"
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