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CLAVIER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stringed instrument that has a keyboard
Synonyms:
clavier; Klavier
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("clavier" is a kind of...):
keyboard instrument (a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard)
stringed instrument (a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clavier"):
cembalo; harpsichord (a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A bank of keys on a musical instrument
Synonyms:
clavier; fingerboard; piano keyboard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("clavier" is a kind of...):
keyboard (device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like)
Holonyms ("clavier" is a part of...):
accordion; squeeze box (a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player)
organ; pipe organ (wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard)
forte-piano; piano; pianoforte (a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds)
