See Also: keyboard(dictionary)
keyboard 1, noun(dictionary)
keyboard 2, verb(dictionary)

keyboard (iou)



keyboard noun & verb. E19.
[from KEY noun1 + BOARD noun.]
A. noun.
Music. A row of keys for producing the notes in an organ, piano, or similar instrument. E19.
shifting keyboard: see SHIFTING adjective 1.
b. In pl. Keyboard instruments. colloq. L20.
The set of keys on a typewriter, computer, etc. M19.
Comb.: keyboard instrument a musical instrument having a keyboard or keyboards.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Enter (data) by means of a keyboard. M20.
keyboarder noun a person who operates a (computer) keyboard, a person who enters data on a keyboard M20.
keyboardist noun a player on a keyboard instrument L20.