Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A board perforated with a grid or pattern of holes, into which hooks or pegs can be fitted, as for hanging tools or playing certain games.
- noun A board fitted with pegs for hanging clothing.
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- noun A board that has a pattern of
holes into whichpegs are fitted; used especially to record thescore in somecard games . - noun A
perforated form ofhardboard .
Etymologies
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Examples
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For instance, on this one, a wide shot from below would be an immense help in figuring where that pegboard is actually mounted.
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Peggy 2LE ( "little edition") is a diminutive version of our popular Peggy 2 LED "pegboard" an open-source LED matrix display.
MAKE Magazine 2009
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Plenty of daylight makes it to the interior space thanks to a simple polycarbonate clearstory, and the interior is finished with plywood and pegboard to hang all of your gardening tools.
Beautiful Garden Studio Built from Reclaimed Fence | Inhabitat 2009
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There were pegboard walls of tools, shelves of paint supplies, and large rolls of canvas and paper, along with flats and screens that looked as if they had been painted over a hundred times.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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He can teach him to pound a square wooden peg into a square hole in a pegboard.
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We should also be giving props to Freddie Tavares, who actually designed the Stratocaster's pegboard shape and played a crucial role in championing the guitar at Fender.
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There were pegboard walls of tools, shelves of paint supplies, and large rolls of canvas and paper, along with flats and screens that looked as if they had been painted over a hundred times.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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Bill hefted it off the shelf with a numb hand and with the other, took the sledgehammer that hung on the pegboard on the wall, its head suspended by two nails.
Curb Appeal Ann Wahlman 2011
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This calls to my mind, for some reason, pegboard with the sprayed outlines of tools on it.
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For $18.95, the purchaser received a kit containing pieces of Masonite pegboard, flashlight bulbs, nuts and bolts.
What I Learned From a Brainiac David Deming 2012
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