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Synonyms for spike

noun

A large nail
brad, peg, pin, hob, stud; see also nail.
Styles of spikes include: cut, wire, iron, railway, dock, forked, barbed.
Sizes of spikes include: twenty-penny, forty-penny, sixty-penny.
A spikelike cluster
raceme, inflorescence, head; see bunch 1, stalk.

verb

nail, pin, make fast; see fasten 1.

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