tintack
- noun
- Archaic
- He used a tintack to secure the label onto the wooden crate.
Examples
-
The old bulletin board was full of rusty tintacks.
-
He used a tintack to secure the poster.
-
She pried the tintack out of the wall with a small screwdriver.
-
I need a few tintacks for the project.
-
He used a tintack to fasten the lightweight fabric to the wood.
-
She picked out a tintack from the toolbox to hang the picture frame.
-
The student attached the notes to the board with a tintack.
Synonyms
16
2.2
A small nail with a flat head used to fasten things
5
1.8
A short pin with a wide flat head used to hold papers on a board
1
7.8
A small thin nail with a raised head used to hold thin pieces of wood together
1
9.9
A small nail used to hold leather or thin wood
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tintack is made of two simple parts: tin ('a soft metal') and tack ('a small nail'). So a tintack is easy to remember as a little nail made of tin used to fasten light things.