computinga small flat surface on a laptop computer that you touch with your finger in order to move the cursor on the screen
Synonyms and related words
Keys on the computer keyboard
Alt key
arrow key
backspace
2
a part of a piece of electronic equipment containing a number of smaller areas that you touch in order to make it operate, for example on a microwave oven
Synonyms and related words
Parts of pieces of electrical equipment
anode
cathode
circuit
touchpad
noun countable
US /ˈtʌtʃˌpæd/
Word Forms
singular
touchpad
plural
touchpads
DEFINITIONS2
1
computinga small flat surface on a laptop computer that you touch with your finger in order to move the cursor on the screen
Synonyms and related words
Keys on the computer keyboard
Alt key
arrow key
backspace
2
a part of a piece of electronic equipment containing a number of smaller areas that you touch in order to make it operate, for example on a microwave oven