Definitions

tailpiece

[teyl-pees] / ˈteɪlˌpis /

ADJECTIVE

postern

Synonyms

STRONG

backside extremity hind hindquarters posterior rear reverse stern tail

WEAK

aft back end far end hindmost hindpart tail end

Antonyms

STRONG

front

NOUN

back

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rear tail

STRONG

backside extremity hindquarters posterior reverse stern

WEAK

aft back end far end hindpart tail end

Antonyms

STRONGEST

front

NOUN

illustration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cartoon decoration depiction engraving etching image painting photo photograph picture sketch snapshot vignette

STRONG

adornment design figure frontispiece halftone plate

WEAK

line drawing

NOUN

rear

Synonyms

STRONGEST

back back door back end backside bottom butt rear end tail

STRONG

behind buttocks end heel hind hindquarters posterior postern rearward reverse rump seat stern tush

WEAK

afterpart back seat hind part rear guard tail end

Antonyms

STRONGEST

front

WEAK

beginning

NOUN

tail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

back end rear rudder

STRONG

appendage empennage end extremity reverse stub tag train

WEAK

caudal appendage fag end hind end hind part hindmost part last part tag end wagger

Antonyms

STRONG

beginning front start

WEAK

head

NOUN

tail end

Synonyms

WEAK

appendage behind butt end buttocks caudal appendage conclusion empennage end extremity fag end hind end hind part hindmost part last part posterior rear rear end rump stub tag end tush wagger

Example Sentences

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The sink stopper and the control rod that makes the stopper go up and down are choke points within the tailpiece pipe just under the sink.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

For the solo, John simply wailed on the guitar, executing a series of power chords as Douglas, sitting nearby, reached over and worked the instrument's Bigsby tailpiece.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2021

You can also unscrew the nut on the back of the tailpiece, remove the lever that lifts the stopper and clear out all the obstructions.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2020

The 3DVarius’ tuning pegs have been moved from the top of the neck to the bottom of the instrument’s body, near the tailpiece.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2018

It had been hanging on the attic wall for a half-century, so that the back was split in twain, the sound-post lost, the neck and the tailpiece cracked.

From A Village Stradivarius by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

tailpiece

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