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pegboard

pegboard

2 5.4
A board with many holes used to hang small items like tools to keep them tidy
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛɡˌbɔrd/
translation icon : tablero de clavijas
  • Trevor was putting the tools away on the pegboard: the hacksaw, the awl, and the pliers.
  • pegboard task

So you want this to be flush with the bottom, the dust port, and that way I can use the actual pegboard to square everything up?

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Examples

  • I'm going to put up the pegboard here so I have more places to put my tools and things.

  • The workshop was well organized, with all the tools neatly arranged on the pegboard.

  • So on this side of the wall we have these really, really awesome pegboard shelves.

  • Attach pegboard to the wall in an accessible spot.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Sam Walton had a pegboard in his office.

  • They should be hanging on a pegboard on the far wall.

  • Prepare the pegboard to be hung, painting it if desired.

    Academic text (2000)
  • They clip onto the pegboard to hold items.

  • A circular saw, a sander, and a router had been built into the bench; from pegboards on the walls hung every imaginable tool, each handle worn smooth from years of use.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • To keep the garage tidy, I installed a pegboard for hanging my gardening equipment.

Synonyms

cribbage board
vspegboard
8.0

A board with holes and pegs used to keep score in the card game cribbage

is a panel with holes for pegs used to organize items or play games

Surface Forms

pegboard singular
pegboards plural

Morphology

pegboard = peg + board (transparent) = peg + board

The meaning is directly the combination of 'peg' and 'board' (a board with pegs), which is easily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Pegboard is made of the simple parts peg and board. A peg is a 'small pin' used to hang things and a board is a 'flat piece of wood', so a pegboard is a board with holes for pegs that you use to hang and organize items.