doornail
/ˈdɔːneɪl/noun
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दरवाज़े की बड़ी कील
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noun
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a large nail with a broad head, used in the past to decorate or strengthen doors
दरवाज़े की बड़ी कील
- The old wooden gate was studded with iron doornails.
- Each doornail on the temple gate was polished by hand every festival.
- Iron doornails held the thick planks of the fort gate together.
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- The carpenter hammered a row of doornails into the wooden door.
- Museum visitors admired the old door with its rows of brass doornails.
¶Idioms 1
(as) dead as a doornail
completely dead; no longer active or working
पूरी तरह मरा हुआ, बिल्कुल ठप
- The battery is dead as a doornail.
- After the scandal, his political career was as dead as a doornail.
§Grammar and usage
As dead as a doornail means completely dead or finished, and as dead as a dodo is used in a similar way.
As dead as a doornail का अर्थ है पूरी तरह मरा हुआ या ख़त्म, और as dead as a dodo भी इसी प्रकार प्रयोग होता है।