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pickguards

pickguards is the plural of pickguard.

Meaning of pickguard

Noun

pickguard (plural pickguards)

  1. A piece of durable flat material placed on the body of a guitar (or similar instrument) beneath the strings to protect the surface from being scratched by a plectrum (or similar device).
    Synonyms:
    scratchplate

Questions about pickguards

What is pickguards the plural of?
Pickguards is the plural of pickguard.

Words near pickguards in the dictionary

  1. pickfests
  2. Pickford
  3. pickfork
  4. pickforks
  5. pickguard
  6. pickguards
  7. Pickhill
  8. Pickhill with Roxby
  9. pickier
  10. pickies
  11. pickiest

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