Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clothes peg

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: clothes peg
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

clothes pegs (plural) clothes-peg (alternative) clothespeg (alternative)

Synonyms

clothespin clothes pin

Questions

What does clothes peg mean?: An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.

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