keyboard

A set of buttons you press to enter letters, numbers, and other information into a computer or typewriter.

• My keyboard is broken.
• She typed her name on the keyboard.
• Do these keyboards work with every laptop?

Common phrases: computer keyboard, wireless keyboard, on the keyboard

An electronic musical instrument with keys that can produce different sounds.

• He plays the keyboard.
• We bought an electronic keyboard for our daughter.
• The band's keyboards produced sounds like strings and drums.

Similar words: synthesizer

Common phrases: electronic keyboard, play the keyboard, portable keyboard

The row of keys on a piano or similar instrument that you press to make musical sounds.

• The piano has a long keyboard.
• Her fingers moved quickly across the keyboard.
• The organ has two keyboards, one above the other.

Similar words: keys

Common phrases: piano keyboard, organ keyboard, across the keyboard

To enter information into a computer by pressing keys.

• Please keyboard the names carefully.
• She keyboarded the records into the computer.
• The office staff spent the morning keyboarding.

Similar words: type, key in

Common phrases: keyboard data, keyboard the text, keyboard a document