keypad
KEE-pad/ˈkipæd/
Pluralkeypads
- 1A small panel of buttons you press to put numbers or letters into a machine.
Like the buttons on a phone that you press to dial a number.
She typed her PIN into the keypad at the front door.
The microwave has a keypad with big, easy-to-read buttons.
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Origin
It comes from the words "key" and "pad" put together.