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PRONUNCIATION OF DRAWING PIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRAWING PIN

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Drawing pin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRAWING PIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

drawing pin

Drawing pin

A thumb tack or push pin is a short nail or pin used to fasten items to a wall or board for display and intended to be inserted by hand, generally without the assistance of tools. A variety of names are used to refer to different designs intended for various purpose. Thumb tack and push pin are both sometimes compounded or hyphenated. Thumb tacks made of brass, tin or iron may be referred to as brass tacks, brass pins, tin tacks or iron tacks, respectively. These terms are particularly used in the idiomatic expression to come down to brass tacks, meaning to consider basic facts of a situation. Drawing pin or drawing-pin refers to thumb tacks used to hold drawings on drawing boards. Map pin or map tack refers to thumb tacks used to mark locations on a map and to hold the map in place.

Definition of drawing pin in the English dictionary

The definition of drawing pin in the dictionary is a short tack with a broad smooth head for fastening papers to a drawing board, etc US and Canadian name: thumbtack.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRAWING PIN

drawer
drawerful
drawers
drawing
drawing account
drawing board
drawing card
drawing office
drawing paper
drawing pen
drawing room
drawknife
drawknives
drawl
drawler
drawling
drawlingly
drawlingness
drawly
drawn

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRAWING PIN

belaying pin
bobby pin
cotter pin
dowel pin
end pin
firing pin
fraternity pin
gudgeon pin
panel pin
piston pin
rolling pin
safety pin
scatter pin
shear pin
split pin
stick pin
swivel pin
taper pin
wrest pin
wrist pin

Synonyms and antonyms of drawing pin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «drawing pin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRAWING PIN

Find out the translation of drawing pin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drawing pin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drawing pin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

图钉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chincheta
570 millions of speakers

English

drawing pin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ड्राइंग पिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دَبُّوسٌ رَسْم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

канцелярская кнопка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tachinha para papel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অঙ্কন পিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

punaise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melukis pin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reißzwecke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

画鋲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

압정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drawing pin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đinh ghim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரைதல் முள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ड्रॉइंग पिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

raptiye
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

puntina da disegno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pinezka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

канцелярська кнопка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piuneză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πινέζα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

teken pen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

häftstift
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tegnestift
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drawing pin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAWING PIN»

The term «drawing pin» is normally little used and occupies the 121.138 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAWING PIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drawing pin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAWING PIN»

Discover the use of drawing pin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drawing pin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Physics for AQA.: Separate award
The thumb exerts a force on the drawing pin. Because the drawing pin has a large head this force is spread over a large area - so the person pushing the pin is quite comfortable. The pin also exerts the same force on the wall. However, this  ...
Ann Fullick, Patrick Fullick, 2001
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New Understanding Physics for Advanced Level
Discharge from points can be demonstrated by fixing an upturned drawing pin to the dome (when uncharged). Sparks can no longer be produced when the generator is switched on because the dome no longer charges up enough.
Jim Breithaupt, 2000
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Metaphors of Memory: A History of Ideas about the Mind
Claparede's drawing-pin As with cognitive processes like learning, categorising and discriminating, neural networks have been associated with various forms of retention. An example is CALM , the Categorizing And Learning Module ofWolters ...
D. Draaisma, 2000
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Sif Physics Ol Tb
6.1 Pressure You can push a drawing pin into a piece of wood, but you cannot push your thumb into the wood when you use the same force. A sharp knife cuts with greater ease than a blunt knife. Why? The reason is because the point of the  ...
Wan Yong Loo, Kwok Wai Loo, 2007
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The practical draughtsman's book of industrial design, tr. ...
The French drawing pin, which is greatly to be preferred, is shown in the ^^^ accompanying engraving, fig. 1, in elevation and plan. J The head of this drawing pin is made of very thin metal, * the outer surface being slightly convex ; the pin is of ...
William Johnson, Jacques Eugène Armengaud, 1860
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Geometry in everyday life
You need a drawing pin, a pencil, some thread or fine wool, a large piece of paper and a large piece of card. Lay the paper over the card Tie the thread to the drawing pin and push the end of the drawing pin into the paper and card. Make sure ...
Karen Morrison, 2000
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Sciemce Matters Module 3
It doesn't sink because it has very long toes and claws so its weight is spread over a large area. When a force is spread over a large area the pressure is reduced. Think about what happens when you push a drawing pin into a piece of wood.
Rassie Erasmus, Project Literacy (South Africa, James Whitelaw, 2002
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Essential Statistics, Fourth Edition
(We will assume that no other event, such as the drawing pin balancing on its point, is possible.) We cannot obtain an a priori estimate of the probability of event, U, i.e., P(U), but we can estimate this probability by carrying out an experiment as ...
D.G. Rees, 2000
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Shape and Space: Activities for Children with Mathematical ...
Activity Give each child a piece of card, a square piece of paper, a drawing pin, a piece of plasticine, sellotape and a strip of card 10 cm long and 1 cm wide. Ask the children to cut out from their piece of card a shape, such as a person, a car, ...
Mel Lever, 2013
10
Machine Drawing
124 12.15.2 Locking by Split Pin Machine f\\e ioosening tendency of the nut may also be prevented by using a split taper Drawing pin passing through the bolt body and touching just the top surface of the nut (Fig. 12.25). 12.15.3 Castle Nut ...
Sidheshwar, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAWING PIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drawing pin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sabotage and hatred: what have people got against cyclists?
After he struggled to his feet, James found a drawing pin in his front tyre, then saw a number of other tacks scattered on the road, at a point ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Ageing in residential care
Her friend in another room had a drawing pin stuck in her foot for days; it was only discovered when her leg became gangrenous. The same ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
3
This scratch-off map will increase your itch to travel
... you've travelled to, revealing the colorful background below! Gone are the days of using a drawing pin to pinpoint your where-abouts. «News24, Jun 15»
4
Inmate costs prison officials £840000 by literally EATING his way out …
He has undergone a series of operations to remove items such as screws, needles, a drawing pin, parts of a medical device and strips of ... «Express.co.uk, May 15»
5
Bringing a Vintage Twist: Artist Genevieve FT [Hire This Woman]
... sexy comics of Arthur Depins; Pêchés Mignons, which played a big role in my style and one of the main reason why I started drawing pin ups. «ComicsAlliance, Apr 15»
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Dog owner's warning over chocolate laced with drawing pins
“I realised each chunk has a drawing pin pushed into it. I managed to pick up all the pieces I could see, probably about a dozen, and get rid of ... «Hartlepool Mail, Apr 15»
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Grand National 2015 tips: The nine best (silliest) ways to pick a …
Rather than leaving everything up to chance you chose to follow your instincts. Put on a blindfold, get a drawing pin and let your gut guide you ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
8
Great Easter activities for children
First, pierce a small hole in the narrow end of the egg using a sharp implement such as a needle or drawing pin. Make another slightly larger ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
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VIDEO: How to safely view this morning's solar eclipse
... and most effective way of viewing the event by making a very simple device from a carboard box, some tinfoil, sellotape and a drawing pin. «Irish Examiner, Mar 15»
10
Cookies on the BBC website
A long cardboard box, a sheet of white paper, some aluminium foil, a craft knife, scissors, a drawing pin, duct tape and glue. If you can't find a long box then try ... «BBC News, Mar 15»

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