Thumbtack (Noun)
Meaning
A tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- She attached the job posting to the community board with a small thumbtack.
- A lone thumbtack held up the corner of the poster that had begun to peel off the wall.
- The teacher ran out of thumbtacks and had to ask her assistant to get more from the supply closet.
- To secure the map to the drawing board, she used a heavy-duty thumbtack.
- After pinning the note to the corkboard with a thumbtack, she stepped back to survey her handiwork.