Associations to the word «Peabody»

Wiktionary

PEABODY, proper noun. The Peabody Award, granted annually and internationally for excellence in broadcasting.
PEABODY ACTION, noun. An early form of breechloading firearm action, where the heavy breechblock tilted downwards across a bolt mounted in the rear of the breechblock, operated by a lever under the rifle.
PEABODY BIRD, noun. (US) (dated) An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) with a conspicuous white throat.
PEABODY BIRDS, noun. Plural of Peabody bird

Dictionary definition

PEABODY, noun. Educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King