doornail

Noun

Meaning

The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail."

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

silva pier hock outside spike driftwood dead meat door gate pork stiff knock dock nail
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Hypernyms

nail

Phrases with the word

dead as a doornail as dumb as a doornail as dead as a doornail be as dead as a doornail as a doornail be dead as a doornail

Anagrams

Ardolino

Examples

That God of the clergymen, He is for me as dead as a doornail. But am I an atheist for all that? Vincent van Gogh

Close letter words and terms

doormanship doormat doormouse Doornbos doorperson doorphone