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Meaning of "pegbox" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PEGBOX

pegbox  [ˈpɛɡˌbɒks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEGBOX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pegbox 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 PEGBOX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pegbox in the English dictionary

The definition of pegbox in the dictionary is the part of some stringed instruments that holds the tuning pegs.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEGBOX


beatbox
ˈbiːtˌbɒks
brainbox
ˈbreɪnˌbɒks
cashbox
ˈkæʃˌbɒks
chatterbox
ˈtʃætəˌbɒks
gearbox
ˈɡɪəˌbɒks
gogglebox
ˈɡɒɡəlˌbɒks
horsebox
ˈhɔːsˌbɒks
hotbox
ˈhɒtˌbɒks
inbox
ˈɪnˌbɒks
jukebox
ˈdʒuːkˌbɒks
lunchbox
ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks
mailbox
ˈmeɪlˌbɒks
matchbox
ˈmætʃˌbɒks
outbox
ˈaʊtˌbɒks
postbox
ˈpəʊstˌbɒks
sandbox
ˈsændˌbɒks
showbox
ˈʃəʊˌbɒks
skybox
ˈskɑɪˌbɒks
soapbox
ˈsəʊpˌbɒks
strongbox
ˈstrɒŋˌbɒks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEGBOX

peg
peg box
peg climbing
peg down
peg leg
peg out
peg pants
peg top
peg-top
Pegasi
Pegasus
pegboard
pegged
pegging
peggy
peglegged
pegless
peglike
pegmatite
pegmatitic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEGBOX

black box
box
collection box
dialog box
glory box
glove box
jack-in-the-box
light box
lunch box
music box
out of the box
PO box
set-top box
six-speed gearbox
suggestion box
telephone box
the box
think outside the box
tool box
toolbox

Synonyms and antonyms of pegbox in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pegbox» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEGBOX

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

Translator English - Chinese

pegbox
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clavijero
570 millions of speakers

English

pegbox
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pegbox
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pegbox
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pegbox
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pegbox
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pegbox
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cheviller
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pegbox
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wirbelkasten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pegbox
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pegbox
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pegbox
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pegbox
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pegbox
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेगबॉक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pegbox
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cavigliere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pegbox
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pegbox
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pegbox
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pegbox
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pegbox
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pegbox
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pegbox
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pegbox

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEGBOX»

The term «pegbox» is used very little and occupies the 158.086 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEGBOX» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEGBOX»

Discover the use of pegbox in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pegbox and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dulcimer Maker: The Craft of Homer Ledford
A plywood pattern of the pegbox is placed on the board and traced, and the shape is cut out with a band saw. Using a 5/16-inch bit, the holes for the pegs are drilled as indicated by the pattern— three holes for a three-string dulcimer, and four ...
R. Gerald Alvey, 1984
2
The Italian Viola Da Gamba: Proceedings of the International ...
Open woodworm holes in the neck and pegbox show that the shape has been changed in a number of places. Most of the alterations took place on the heel of the neck and on the pegbox. In profile the pegbox is quite narrow and has a shape ...
Susan Orlando, 2002
3
Stradivari
such as the “Messiah,” the original neck was retained and blocked-up at the foot. Violins modified by that technique retain the original letter in the pegbox. When I examined the “Messiah” in July 1997, I observed the letter G in the pegbox.
Stewart Pollens, 2010
4
All Things Strings: An Illustrated Dictionary
Peg dope is made in a small stick similar to lipstick and can be found at any luthier or violin shop. pegbox. The part of the head of a string instrument which houses the tuning pegs. The pegbox sits at the end of the neck just beyond the nut and ...
Jo Nardolillo, 2014
5
Extended Notation: The Depiction of the Unconventional
Additionally, in »Klangschatten – mein Saitenspiel« Lachenmann requests to pluck the strings inside the pegbox in combination with a pizzicato behind the bridge. In the example presented in Figure 73, a cellist is supposed to pluck the ...
Christian Dimpker, 2013
6
The Cambridge Companion to the Cello
The four tapered tuning pegs for adjusting the strings, tuned C-G-d-a, are made usually from hard rosewood (dalbergia latifo- lia) or boxwood (buxus sempervirens) for durability, and project laterally from a backward-curving pegbox.
Robin Stowell, 1999
7
Tuning Peg: Vibrating String, Pegbox, String Instrument, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A tuning peg is used to hold a string in the pegbox of a stringed instrument.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
8
The Music Sound:
Above the main body is the carved neck, which leads to a pegbox and then a scroll. The neck, pegbox, and scroll are normally carved out of a single piece of wood. Attached to the neck and extending over the body of the instrument is the ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
9
The Cambridge Companion to the Violin
The four tapered tuning pegs for adjusting the G, D, A and E strings are made usually from rosewood or boxwood for durability, and project laterally from the backward curving pegbox (see Fig. 1). This latter ends in the scroll, a baroque ...
Robin Stowell, 1992
10
The Viola D'amore
Pichler, Marcel (Salzburg fl 1673[?]) A 6/6 v.d.a. is at the Mirabell Palace museum , Salzburg, with an ornamental scroll. The pegbox is of the open type with the pegs in a single line. There is a coat of arms with a crown on top of the instrument  ...
Harry Danks, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEGBOX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pegbox is used in the context of the following news items.
1
5 weird instruments you'll hear at Indy music fest
The theorbo has a second pegbox to accommodate a few extra bass strings, which are played as they are on a harp. But the theorbo is so big it ... «Indianapolis Star, Jun 15»
2
The Mary Sue Presents: "Requiem, for Solo Cello”
That night, I dreamt my hair was the scroll; my face the pegbox; my neck the fingerboard; my belly the bridge for the strings to arc across; my ... «The Mary Sue, Feb 15»
3
Salish Sea Early Music Festival sails into Vancouver
... Cohan on baroque flute and SSEMF artistic director Stephen Stubbs on the majestic theorbo, a lute with extended neck and second pegbox. «Straight.com, Jan 15»
4
Mosaic Photography
Examples of this are the pegbox in the top picture, the bottom of the fingerboard, and the bridge in the bottom picture. Setting up the camera. «Boing Boing, Jul 14»
5
Alice Munro, First Nobel Laureate of the MFA Program
... but I'd probably like it even better if I knew a fingerboard from a pegbox. Reading Munro, noticing an abrupt but somehow perfect ending to a ... «The Millions, Oct 13»
6
Hardanger Fiddle Association coming to Nordic Heritage Museum …
Instead of a scroll, the top of the pegbox is usually carved into the shape of a heraldic lion or dragon. Its extensive repertory of dance and ... «Ballard News Tribune, Mar 13»
7
Invisible touch
STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald. Brian Epp performs the painstaking work of repairing the pegbox of a violin. Brian Epp slowly scrapes away the ... «The Durango Herald, Feb 13»
8
Violin maker takes a bow
Geoffrey Ovington hand carves a scroll end that will hold the pegbox of a viola he is working on in his Shushan studio. (LINDSEY ... «Glens Falls Post-Star, Feb 13»
9
NAMM 2013: A unique experience for merchants, developers and of …
This machined peg will actually protect the pegbox of fine instruments because the ends do not revolve saving wear on the original rare wood. «Hollywood Today Newsmagazine, Jan 13»
10
Interview with Stewart Pollens
... I discovered the provenance that had long been used as evidence of this violin's authenticity was fictional, and that a critical inscription in the violin's pegbox, ... «Stay Thirsty Media, Mar 12»

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