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PRONUNCIATION OF TENT PEG

tent peg  [tɛnt pɛɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TENT PEG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Tent 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 TENT PEG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tent peg

Tent peg

A tent peg is a spike, usually with a hook or hole on the top end, typically made from wood, metal, plastic, or composite material, pushed or driven into the ground for holding a tent to the ground, either directly by attaching to the tent's material, or by connecting to ropes attached to the tent. Traditionally, a tent peg is improvised from a section of a small tree branch, if possible with a small side branch cut off to leave a hook, driven into the ground narrower end first. A wooden stake supporting a tent.

Definition of tent peg in the English dictionary

The definition of tent peg in the dictionary is a peg used to hold down rope attached to a tent into the ground.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TENT PEG


hatpeg
ˈhætˌpɛɡ
JPEG
ˈdʒeɪˌpɛɡ
MPEG
ˈɛmˌpɛɡ
mumbletypeg
ˈmʌmbəltɪˌpɛɡ
peg
pɛɡ
repeg
ˌriːˈpɛɡ
toothy-peg
ˈtuːθɪˌpɛɡ
unpeg
ʌnˈpɛɡ
Winnipeg
ˈwɪnɪˌpɛɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TENT PEG

tent
tent caterpillar
tent dress
tent pole
tent stitch
tent trailer
tentacle
tentacle-like
tentacled
tentacular
tentaculate
tentaculiferous
tentaculite
tentaculoid
tentaculum
tentage
tentation
tentative
tentatively
tentativeness

WORDS THAT END LIKE TENT PEG

an arm and a leg
beg
blitzkrieg
bootleg
clothes peg
crawling peg
deg
eg
keg
Lake Winnipeg
leg
meg
nutmeg
off the peg
off-the-peg
seg
square peg
teg
Tuareg
veg

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tent peg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TENT PEG

Find out the translation of tent peg to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tent 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 «tent peg» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

帐蓬桩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estaca
570 millions of speakers

English

tent peg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खूंटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وَتَدُ الـخَيْمَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колышек для палатки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estaca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তাম্বু খাঁজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piquet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pasak khemah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zeltpflock
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テントペグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

천막 고정 말뚝
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tarub tarub
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chốt lều
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூடாரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तंबूचा खड्डा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çadır kazığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

picchetto da tenda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śledź
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кілочок для натягування тенту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

țăruș pentru cort
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πασσαλάκι για αντίσκηνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tentpen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tältpinne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

teltplugg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tent peg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TENT PEG»

The term «tent peg» is normally little used and occupies the 123.844 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TENT PEG» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TENT PEG»

Discover the use of tent peg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tent peg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Tent Peg
In this intriguing story, a young woman who disguises herself as a man to work in a uranium prospecting camp deep in the Yukon mountains. J.L. is on the run from an empty heart and is desperate for solitude.
Aritha Van Herk, 2005
2
Coaching Youth Cricket
The first tent peg is back-foot impact. This is the moment that a bowler's back leg impacts in the action, as shown in figure 8.1a. The idea is for the back leg to be stable and support the whole movement, which requires no leaning back but ...
Ian Pont, 2010
3
Wilderness Camping & Hiking
Tent Peg Molded plastic peg that has a large head to help drive the peg with the foot. Metal peg with spiral. Snow or Loose Sand Military metal peg whict s used in snow or deser sands. It is made of pressed sheet metal and stacks we Sliding ...
Paul Tawrell, 2008
4
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament
The object varies: a tent or tent peg, a nail, a sword, spears, or an instrument ( horn or trumpet). The verb also occurs in combination with kab or y#0. 1. Drive. Gen. 31:25 (cf. Jer. 6:3) speaks of pitching a tent (by driving its peg into the ground).
G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry, 2006
5
Coyote Country: Fictions of the Canadian West
A penchant for using the forms of the Western to alter its function is equally obvious in van Herk's second novel, The Tent Peg. But the Lacanian implications of curtailing the Law of the Father (i.e., changing the nature of the pig) traced out in ...
Arnold E. Davidson, 1994
6
The Tent Peg Makers of Stoke Row and District
Collection of photographs, press cuttings, journal articles and documents relating to the tent peg makers of Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, and surrounding district. Research largely based on interviews with 3 elderly peggers born in 1908.
Laureen Williamson
7
Mimekor Yisrael: Selected Classical Jewish Folktales
the tent peg upon which you have set up this tent and put some other tent peg in its place." Therewith Abraham made an end of his words to the woman and turned the camel about and went his way. When Ishmael returned in due course from ...
Micah Joseph Berdichevsky, Emanuel Bin-Gorion, Dan Ben-Amos, 1990
8
The Great Poems of the Bible: A Reader's Companion with New ...
But Yael, the wife of Heber, took the peg of a tent [two words: literally, “the tent peg (or “stick”) of a tent”] and put the hammer [a different, less ambiguous, word than the “club” of the song] in her hand, and she went up softly to him and sank the ...
James L. Kugel, 2012
9
Born in a Tent: How Camping makes us Australian
But I was short one tent peg. Watched by a metre-long lizard (giant lace monitors inhabit the camping ground) I scouted around some empty sites until I found a rusty peg in the dirt.You always find one. Australia is littered with lost tent pegs, ...
Bill Garner, 2013
10
Camping & Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book
Emergency Peg that is put into a hole in the ice. The hole will freeze over and the rope will be cut free it from the peg. Metal Grommet Repair Kit „ Punch Metal Snap Repair Kit Metal peg with spiral. Tent Peg Molded plastic peg that has a large ...
Paul Tawrell, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TENT PEG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tent peg is used in the context of the following news items.
1
James Pattinson impales his eye with a two foot tent peg after …
A man ended up with a two-foot-long tent peg in his eye after trying to put up a marquee recently. James Pattinson tripped over as he was throwing a rope, ... «Metro, Jul 15»
2
TENT HORROR: Man face-plants a 2ft tent pole
"At first I just thought I had something in my eye then I stood up and realised it was a tent peg. "I tried to pull it out but quickly realised it had buried itself about an ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
3
Dad impales his EYE on a two foot tent peg but miraculously is NOT …
A dad is lucky to be alive after a good deed turned to terror when he impaled his eye on a 2ft tent peg. James Pattinson tripped, fell, and pierced his eye on the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Hamilton dairy robbers get jail - and a dressing down
Three men who armed themselves with a knife, hammer and tent peg then robbed a Hamilton dairy have been sent to jail. Jacob Timothy Paul, 24, Koha ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
Who Was Jael In The Bible? A Character Study
say, 'No'” (Judges 4:20) “But Jael found a tent peg and a hammer. She quietly went to Sisera. Sisera was very tired, so he was sleeping. She put the tent peg to ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
6
9 Christian action figures you won't believe exist
... plastic warriors suitable for ages 3 and up, while female characters like Esther and Deborah (tent peg sold seperately) were produced as larger dolls. «ChristianToday, Jun 15»
7
Bears, blizzards and -40C: on the trail of modern-day Arctic explorers
'For example, knowing how to scrape away the top layer of ice when trying to hammer in a tent peg. The top layer is brittle and bends the peg, but scrape down a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
8
The seven most overlooked women in Scripture
She does, but later drives a tent peg through his head while he's sleeping, therefore granting victory to Israel. There's probably a lesson to learn in there ... «ChristianToday, Mar 15»
9
India to host International Equestrian Tent Pegging
NEW DELHI: India will host the International Equestrian Tent Pegging ... or a lance to pierce pickup and carry away a small ground target symbolic of a tent peg. «Times of India, Jan 15»
10
Nine Iraqis Were Mistreated in British Custody, Report Says
A blindfolded prisoner would be left standing in a tent before an interrogator ... Finally, he would bang on a table with a metal tent peg to startle the detainee ... «New York Times, Dec 14»

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