Image: Wikimedia Commons

nail

Sharp object of hard metal used as a fastener

EntityQ37077

Subclass of: non-durable goods
, fastener
, metal product
+4 more

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

In woodworking and construction, a nail is a small object made of metal which is used as a fastener, as a peg to hang something, or sometimes as a decoration. Usually, nails have a sharp point on one end and a flattened head on the other, but headless nails are available. Nails are made in a great variety of forms for specialized purposes. The most common is a wire nail. Other types of nails include pins, tacks, brads, spikes, and cleats.

Overview

All data

54 statements · 17% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Made from material: wire
Different from: On the Nail
Nagel criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items
Has use: construction
assembly
Used by: construction worker

On other databases

35 identifiers linking nail across the web's reference databases

Data quality

statements

17%

externally sourced

Source last edited October 15, 2026. AIDB refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q37077

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDB. (2026). nail (Q37077). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/nail-Q37077