keyboard

Pluralkeyboards

Formskeyboards, keyboarding, keyboarded

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A flat set of buttons marked with letters and numbers, used to type words into a computer.

   Like a tray of buttons, one for each letter and number you want to type.

   My new keyboard has bigger keys that are easy to press.

   She spilled coffee on the keyboard and the laptop stopped working.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   The row of black and white keys on a piano or organ that make sounds when you press them.

   Like a long line of light and dark steps you press to make music.

   She ran her fingers along the keyboard before starting the song.

   One yellowed ivory key stood out on the old keyboard.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   An electronic instrument with rows of keys that you press to make music.

   Like a small piano that runs on electricity and can copy many other instruments.

   She plays the keyboard in her school band.

   He bought a new keyboard with hundreds of built-in sounds.

   Similarsynthesizer

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4. 4
   verbintransitive

   To type on a computer using its keys.

   She keyboards faster than anyone else in the office.

   He learned to keyboard without looking at his hands.

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