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[ kee-bawrd, -bohrd ] / ˈkiˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR keyboard ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like. a set of keys usually arranged in tiers, for operating a typewriter, typesetting machine, computer terminal, or the like. any of various musical instruments played by means of a pianolike keyboard, as a piano, electric piano, or organ. verb (used with or without object)Also key, key in .Computers. to enter (information) into a computer by means of a keyboard. to set (text) in type, using a machine that is operated by a keyboard. Origin of keyboardFirst recorded in 1810–20; key1 + board OTHER WORDS FROM keyboardkeyboarder, keyboardist, nounre·key·board, verbWords nearby keyboardkewl, Kewpie, Kewpie Doll, kex, key, keyboard, keyboardist, keyboard warrior, key card, key case, key club Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for keyboardThe general public has never paid much attention to his music, but other pianists know what this man can do at the keyboard. The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Like his three brothers, Art, the Nevilles' keyboard player, has his thing on the side—the Meters, the band he took to Europe. The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the Bayou|John Ed Bradley|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Art led the family starship on keyboard and did his own good share of singing. The Cradle of Jazz, Blues and Gospel Endlessly Rocking|Jason Berry|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Carroll talks to me over the sound of an organ projecting from a Yamaha keyboard. This Civil War Reenactor Controls Christie’s Fate|Olivia Nuzzi|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As one of these images shows, every key punch was in the script and linked to a graphic of the keyboard. Space on Earth: The Secrets of Alfonso Cuaron’s ‘Gravity’|Clive Irving|March 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Unfortunately, our system of musical symbols and the keyboard itself are very complex. Great Pianists on Piano Playing|James Francis Cooke She sat down to the piano with a little quickening of the breath and let her fingers rest a moment on the keyboard. Captain Desmond, V.C.|Maud Diver He slid into the vacant chair and his fingers began to move over the keyboard. The Secret Pact|Mildred A. Wirt With them he sang, thundered, and thought upon the keyboard of his grand piano-forte. Visionaries|James Huneker But so it was, and the keyboard had to be rediscovered in the twelfth century. Springtime and Other Essays|Francis Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for keyboard
noun- a complete set of keys, usually hand-operated, as on a piano, organ, typewriter, or typesetting machine
- (as modifier)a keyboard instrument
(often plural) a musical instrument, esp an electronic one, played by means of a keyboard verbto set (a text, etc) in type, onto magnetic tape, or into some other medium, by using a keyboard machine Derived forms of keyboardkeyboarder, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to keyboardmanual, piano, console, clavier, ivories |