keyboard Syllabification: (key·board)Pronunciation: /ˈkēˌbôrd/Translate keyboard | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish 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 keyboard (sense 1 of the noun). keyboardistPronunciation: /-ist/ noun keyboard (sense 2 of the noun).keyboard in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of keyboard in the British & World English dictionary