keyboard

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Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 3 Verb 4 Related words

[change] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkiːbɔːd/, SAMPA: /"kibO:d/
• (US) IPA: /kiˈbɔrd/, SAMPA: /ki"bOrd/
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[change] Noun

Singular keyboard

Plural keyboards

1. (music) ; (countable) A keyboard is a range of black and white keys (buttons) on a musical instrument.

   Pianos, organs, harpsicords and some accordions have keyboards.

2. (typing) ; (countable) A keyboard is also a set of square or rectangular buttons on a typewriter or a computer.

   Almost everybody has to use a keyboard in everyday life nowadays.

[change] Verb

Plain form keyboard

Third-person singular keyboards

Past tense keyboarded

Past participle keyboarded

Present participle keyboarding

1. To keyboard is to type on a computer keyboard.

   Everyday life in an office usually consists in keyboarding.

[change] Related words

• key
• board