keyboard
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
keyboard/ˈkiːbɔːd/
▶noun
- 1 a panel of keys for use with a computer or typewriter.
- 2 a set of keys on a piano or similar musical instrument.
- 3 an electronic musical instrument with keys arranged as on a piano.
– derivatives
keyboarder noun,
keyboardist noun.
keyboarder noun,
keyboardist noun.
'keyboard' also found in these Oxford entries:
aftertouch
- Alt key
- backspace
- calculator
- calliope
- carillon
- celesta
- choir organ
- clavichord
- clavier
- continuo
- dulcitone
- dumb piano
- emoticon
- escape
- function key
- great organ
- harmonium
- harpsichord
- home key
- key
- keypad
- keystroke
- manual
- mellotron
- melodica
- middle C
- natural
- ondes martenot
- organ
- piano
- piano accordion
- plonk
- plunk
- pound
- reed organ
- return
- shift
- space bar
- spinet
- stylophone
- sustain
- swell organ
- synthesizer
- textphone
- toccata
- virginal
- visual display unit
- word processor
