keyboard
//ˈki.bɔɹd//
Forms
- Plural
- keyboards
- present (v1)
- keyboard
- past (v2)
- keyboarded
- past participle (v3)
- keyboarded
- present participle
- keyboarding
- 3rd person singular
- keyboards
Definitions
1.A set of keys laid out in a gridlike pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer, etc.
- Can someone tell me where the keyboard is?
2.A component of many instruments, including the piano, organ, and harpsichord, consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
- Can someone tell me where the keyboard is?
3.An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.
- Can someone tell me where the keyboard is?
1.To type on a computer keyboard.
- Keyboarding is the part of this job I hate the most.
- The earliest hardcore hackers would not stumble in to their predawn keyboarding for another two hours.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #5046
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From key + board.