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brad

/bɹæd/
nounverb

A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.

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Noun 3 meanings

  1. A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.

  2. A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.

  3. A binary radian.

Verb 2 meanings

  1. To attach using a brad.

  2. To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

Late Middle English brad, variant of brod(d), from Old Norse broddr (“spike, shaft”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (compare Old English brord, Old High German brort), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos (compare Welsh brath (“sting, prick”), Albanian bredh (“fir-tree”), Lithuanian bruzdùklis (“bridle”), Czech brzda (“brake”).

BRAD at a glance

BRAD has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (B 3 + R 1 + A 1 + D 2) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,764 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with brad

All rhymes
  • GRAD6
  • TRAD5
  • UNDERGRAD12
  • TETRAD7
  • POSTGRAD12
  • STRAD6
  • FARAD9
  • PRAD7
  • KAMERAD14
  • CONELRAD11
  • DRAD6
  • KILORAD12

One letter away

Change one letter, keep the rest
  • BRED7
  • GRAD6
  • BRAG7
  • BRAT6
  • BEAD7
  • BRAS6
  • BRAY9
  • BRAN6
  • TRAD5
  • BRAE6
  • BROD7
  • BRAK10
  • BRAW9
  • BLAD7
  • PRAD7
  • DRAD6
  • ORAD5

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