pegboard
noun
peg·board
ˈpeg-ˌbȯrd 
: material (such as fiberboard) with regularly spaced perforations into which hooks may be inserted for the storage or display of articles
Examples of pegboard in a Sentence
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Create a custom organizing system with these creative pegboard ideas.
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Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
The vibe Nods to the former bus repair garage include walls covered with pegboard and beer taps with school buses as handles.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2024
The Adventurer Play Kit, for example, is designed for toddlers from 16 to 18 months and includes a race and chase ramp, a puzzle, a bead kit, a pegboard, a Velcro pull and stick toy, and a board book.
—Christine Luff, Parents, 27 Feb. 2024
One of the simplest looks like a pegboard—dots arranged in a square grid.
—Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2024
Instead, mount a pegboard lined with hooks or hang a wire lattice grid and arrange a variety of hooks to suit your items.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2023
On one wall hung a pegboard of 21 different shirt collars.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
As snugly as pegs settling into holes in a pegboard, these molecules made themselves at home in this surface.
—Peter Radetsky, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Taking inspiration from Julia Child, who had her most nifty kitchen tools strewn up on a pegboard, Ms. Lifton, 32, installed a space-saving corkboard to hold mugs and gadgets.
—Jess Eng, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
The vibe Nods to the former bus repair garage include walls covered with pegboard and beer taps with school buses as handles.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2024
The Adventurer Play Kit, for example, is designed for toddlers from 16 to 18 months and includes a race and chase ramp, a puzzle, a bead kit, a pegboard, a Velcro pull and stick toy, and a board book.
—Christine Luff, Parents, 27 Feb. 2024
One of the simplest looks like a pegboard—dots arranged in a square grid.
—Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2024
Instead, mount a pegboard lined with hooks or hang a wire lattice grid and arrange a variety of hooks to suit your items.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2023
On one wall hung a pegboard of 21 different shirt collars.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
As snugly as pegs settling into holes in a pegboard, these molecules made themselves at home in this surface.
—Peter Radetsky, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Taking inspiration from Julia Child, who had her most nifty kitchen tools strewn up on a pegboard, Ms. Lifton, 32, installed a space-saving corkboard to hold mugs and gadgets.
—Jess Eng, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
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First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
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Peg-Board
trademarkˈpeg-ˌbō(ə)rd,
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
—used for material (as fiberboard) with evenly spaced holes into which hooks may be inserted for the storage or display of articles
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