PEAG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peag mean? 

• PEAG (noun)
  The noun PEAG has 1 sense:

1. small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency

  Familiarity information: PEAG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

peag; wampum; wampumpeag

Hypernyms ("peag" is a kind of...):

beads; string of beads (several beads threaded together on a string)