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pegbox

pegbox noun: the part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.

pegbox: the part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs
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Noun

pegbox (plural pegboxes)

  1. The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.

pegbox meaning in Tamil

pegbox in Tamil

முளைப்பேழை

Forms of pegbox

pluralpegboxes

Origin of pegbox

From peg + box.

Questions about pegbox

What does pegbox mean?
Pegbox means the part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.
What is pegbox in Tamil?
Pegbox in Tamil is முளைப்பேழை. See Pegbox meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pegbox?
Pegbox is a noun.
What is the plural of pegbox?
The plural of pegbox is pegboxes.

Words near pegbox in the dictionary

  1. pegboard
  2. pegboarded
  3. pegboarding
  4. pegboards
  5. pegbovigrastim
  6. pegbox
  7. pegboxes
  8. pegcetacoplan
  9. pegdinetanib
  10. pegfilgrastim
  11. Pegg

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pegbox (page history and authors); pegbox (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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