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- [kee-bawrd, -bohrd]
- /ˈkiˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/
- /ˈkiːbɔːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kee-bawrd, -bohrd]
- /ˈkiˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/
Definitions of keyboard word
- noun keyboard the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like. 1
- noun keyboard a set of keys usually arranged in tiers, for operating a typewriter, typesetting machine, computer terminal, or the like. 1
- noun keyboard any of various musical instruments played by means of a pianolike keyboard, as a piano, electric piano, or organ. 1
- noun keyboard A panel of keys that operate a computer or typewriter. 1
- noun keyboard computing: keys for typing 1
- noun keyboard musical instrument: piano, etc. 1
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Origin of keyboard
First appearance:
before 1810 One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20; key1 + board
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Parts of speech for Keyboard
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
keyboard popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
keyboard usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for keyboard
noun keyboard
- manual — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
- piano — a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- console — If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
- clavier — any keyboard instrument
- ivories — the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
verb keyboard
- type — a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.
- key — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- key in — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- input — ALPHA
- enter — Come or go into (a place).
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