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A brad is a traditional name for a kind of fastener. It is now used for a variety of different fasteners, including:
- Certain types of wire nails; for example, the elliptical nails used to avoid splitting the grain of softwood are called oval brads.
- Split-lip brass fasteners, which are brass or brass-coloured, round-head, dual-pronged paper fasteners, often used to hold screenplays together, are also known as brads.
Brad is a shortened form of the name Bradley, Bradie, or Bradford.
Brad is also a town in Hunedoara county, Romania.
Brad is also a band featuring Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam.