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HOBNAIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hobnail" is a kind of...):
nail (a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener)
Derivation:
hobnail (supply with hobnails)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Supply with hobnails
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "hobnail" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
hobnail (a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots)
Context examples:
It is characterized by the presence of prominent cystic spaces lined with clear or hobnail cells.
(Borderline Ovarian Clear Cell Cystadenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of clear or hobnail cells.
(Borderline Ovarian Clear Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign cystic glandular epithelial neoplasm characterized by the presence of neoplastic clear or hobnail cells which form papillary structures.
(Clear Cell Papillary Cystadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare morphologic variant of cervical adenocarcinoma composed of clear and hobnail cells.
(Cervical Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The floor was seemingly inches deep, except where there were recent footsteps, in which on holding down my lamp I could see marks of hobnails where the dust was cracked.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
A benign, borderline, or malignant surface epithelial-stromal tumor of the ovary that is characterized by a predominance of clear and hobnail cells.
(Ovarian Clear Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
