nail clipping

Frequency: 7.01.1 per million words

a small piece of a fingernail or toenail that has been cut off

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Examples (10)

  • Please sweep up your nail clippings from the bathroom floor.
  • The forensic team found a single nail clipping under the victim's chair.
  • It's disgusting to find someone else's nail clippings on the coffee table.
  • The vet technician carefully disposed of the dog's nail clippings after the trim.
  • She examined the tiny nail clipping under a microscope for analysis.
  • He was meticulously cutting his nails, letting each nail clipping fall onto a tissue.
  • Accidentally stepping on a sharp nail clipping can be surprisingly painful.
  • I need to throw away these nail clippings; where is the trash can?
  • Proper disposal of nail clippings is an important part of personal hygiene.
  • The unkempt room was littered with dust bunnies and stray nail clippings.