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KEYBOARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("keyboard" is a kind of...):
holder (a holding device)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("keyboard" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Meronyms (parts of "keyboard"):
action; action mechanism (the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism)
Meronyms (members of "keyboard"):
key (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "keyboard"):
computer keyboard; keypad (a keyboard that is a data input device for computers; arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboard)
clavier; fingerboard; piano keyboard (a bank of keys on a musical instrument)
typewriter keyboard (a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed)
Holonyms ("keyboard" is a part of...):
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
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)
terminal (electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display)
typesetting machine (a printer that sets textual material in type)
typewriter (hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb keyboard
