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NOG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nog" is a kind of...):
block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
Synonyms:
nog; peg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nog" is a kind of...):
pin (a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nog"):
golf tee; tee (a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground)
tent peg (a peg driven into the ground to hold a rope supporting a tent)
treenail; trenail; trunnel (a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast)
