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keyboard

Syllabification: (key·board)
Pronunciation: /ˈkēˌbôrd/
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Definition of keyboard

noun

  • 1a panel of keys that operate a computer or typewriter.
  • 2a set of keys on a piano or similar musical instrument.
  • an electronic musical instrument with keys arranged as on a piano:she plays keyboard and guitar

verb

[with object]
  • enter (data) by means of a keyboard.

Derivatives

keyboarder

noun

keyboardist

Pronunciation: /-ist/
noun

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