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Meaning of "clothes peg" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLOTHES PEG

clothes peg play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLOTHES PEG

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Clothes peg is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CLOTHES PEG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

clothes peg

Clothespin

A clothespin or clothes-peg is a fastener used to hang up clothes for drying, usually on a clothes line. Clothespins often come in many different designs.

Definition of clothes peg in the English dictionary

The definition of clothes peg in the dictionary is a small wooden or plastic clip for attaching washing to a clothesline.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLOTHES PEG

clothes
clothes basket
clothes brush
clothes drier
clothes dryer
clothes hanger
clothes maiden
clothes manufacturer
clothes moth
clothes pole
clothes post
clothes prop
clothes rack
clothes rope
clothes shop
clothes tree
clothes-press
clotheshorse
clothesline
clothespin

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLOTHES PEG

crawling peg
hatpeg
Lake Winnipeg
mumbletypeg
off the peg
off-the-peg
peg
repeg
square peg
tent peg
toothy-peg
unpeg
Winnipeg

Synonyms and antonyms of clothes peg in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «clothes peg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLOTHES PEG

Find out the translation of clothes peg to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clothes peg from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clothes peg» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

晒衣夹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pinza de la ropa
570 millions of speakers

English

clothes peg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कपड़े खूंटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مِشْبَك الغَسِيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бельевая прищепка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prendedor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পোশাক খাঁজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pince à linge
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pakaian pasak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wäscheklammer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

洗濯ばさみ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빨래 집게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sandhangan sandhang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kẹp phơi quần áo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துணிகளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कपडे कुट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çamaşır mandalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

molletta per il bucato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klamerka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прищіпка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cârlig de rufe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μανταλάκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knijpertje
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klädnypa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klesklype
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clothes peg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOTHES PEG»

The term «clothes peg» is regularly used and occupies the 83.705 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOTHES PEG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clothes peg

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOTHES PEG»

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Introduction to Engineering Design
Helical coils can also be employed as torsion springs, as exemplified by the clothes-peg spring of Figure 3.26(d). The central axis of the helical coil is always the torsional axis of the spring. We expect that most readers will possess sufficient ...
Andrew Samuel, John Weir, 1999
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Skills in Resistant Materials Technology
A wooden clothes peg Why is a wooden clothes peg made like it is? A plastic clothes peg does the same job and this means that it is very similar in design. Notice how similar the shapes and sizes of the two pegs are. Where the shapes are ...
Peter Gale, 1999
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Popular Science
F. A Clothes Peg Gut from a Limb for the Camper /CAMPERS seldom provide a means of V^ taking care of clothes, but the woods furnish the required material if A peg made of a Y-branch from a tree and attached to a tent pole for a hanger one ...
4
Engineering Design Synthesis: Understanding, Approaches and ...
[21], I looked at the design of a clothes peg. An important consideration is the matching of the hand to the peg, where there is a conflict between providing enough grip on the clothes and the easy "half-a-hand" operation that is desirable, where ...
Amaresh Chakrabarti, 2002
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IT in Primary Science: A Compendium of Ideas for Using ...
Which clothes peg can carry the heaviest clothes? Ask the children to say whether different clothes pegs will carry a lot or a little. Then, in a fair- testing situation, get them to try each peg - they might for example, peg a sock and add weights to ...
Roger Frost, 1995
6
Early Childhood Themes: Cross-curricular Hands-on Activities
Clip each letter clothes peg thatyou wish to use on the clothes line. • Directions Children hang the laundry letters with their matching upper case letter clothes peg. • Name a letter and ask a child to remove it from the clothes line. (Start with a  ...
Vicki Martens, 2010
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Cambridge Primary Science Stage 4 Teacher's Resource Book ...
This is an alternative to the switch described in the Learner's Book. You will need: • a wooden or plastic Remove the plastic from 2 cm of each end of each piece of wire. Be careful if you are using a clothes peg • two 15 cmlengths of ...
Fiona Baxter, Liz Dilley, Alan Cross, 2014
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Teaching of Chemistry
A sensitive beam balance The materials needed for this balance include a clothes peg, a rigid knitting needle about 30 cm long, two pins or needles and a support such as a milk bottle or preserving jar. The beam of the balance is made by ...
Arun Mittal
9
IMProVe 2011 - International Conference on Innovative ...
To innovate in the clothes peg that has the lowest environmental impact, it will be used some optimization and material reduction strategies. A design criterion will be to design using the material elasticity to supply the function of the spring.
Various Authors
10
Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
Am., Can. levelof amateur sports for 89 yearsoldin theUS and 1213 in Canada. peg 1. also clothes peg Br., Aus. /Am. clothes pin/ small forked instrument used for holding wet washed clothes on a clothesline. 2. Br.becoming rare. asmall ...
V. S. Matyushenkov, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOTHES PEG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clothes peg is used in the context of the following news items.
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Top tips for taking photos in your garden
... foreground blur, then move any branches that are in the way and secure them using a clothes peg. Use a wide aperture to isolate the subject. «Amateur Photographer, Jul 15»
2
Meet local country music legend Bill Lawton
When Bill Lawton was a boy, he used a clothes peg and a snare wire to make his first musical instrument. That was way back in the 1930's. «ABC Online, Jul 15»
3
DVD Review: 'Still Alice'
Julianne Moore is magnificent in the role, keeping true to her character's discipline and never allowing her to simply become a clothes peg for the disease. «CineVue, Jul 15»
4
Bill Lawton: 83-year-old Indigenous music legend looks back on …
It was a clothes peg that caught the eye of the Godfather of Australian country music Tex Morton and helped put an eight-year-old boy onto the ... «ABC Local, Jul 15»
5
No problem with skateboarders in the Square
It is a bit like saying you were hanging out the washing and “nearly” swallowed a clothes peg. As most of the skateboarding takes place in the ... «Bournemouth Echo, Jun 15»
6
The clever life hacks that will make your summer easier
Use a clothes peg as a toothbrush holder, propping up the head to stop it resting on the sink. Long flight? Combine lemon juice and sugar for a ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
7
Is 'corporate wellness' the big new thing that will keep Fitbit ahead of …
It's first Fitbit Tracker was released that year, a glorified pedometer that looked like a clothes peg. Over several iterations the Fitbit range grew to ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
8
Health and Beauty Tips for Fresh Summer Feet
Try clipping a clothes peg tightly to the nail polish lid to give you a longer reach. • Perfect- For last toe polish push back the cuticles first and file ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»
9
Bilderberg 2015: TTIP and a travesty of transparency
I'm going to put on some gloves, stick a clothes peg on my nose, and see if I can tease apart one corner of this filthy interconnected mass. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Tower Hamlets election: New mayor John Biggs vows to clean up …
He added: “John, you won tonight by borrowing votes across Tower Hamlets, we were happy that people had voted with a clothes peg on their ... «Evening Standard, Jun 15»

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