pegleg

Questions about pegleg

What does pegleg mean?

pegleg means "a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg".

How many syllables are in pegleg?

pegleg has 2 syllables: pe-gleg. The stress falls on "pe".

What is another word for pegleg?

Close synonyms include peg, wooden leg, leg. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pegleg a common word?

pegleg is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pegleg come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.