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keyboard
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keyboard1 S3 /ˈkiːbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countable]

1. a board with buttons marked with letters or numbers that are pressed to put information into a computer or other machine:
    a computer keyboard
2. the row of keys on some musical instruments that you press in order to play them
3. (also keyboards) [plural] an electronic musical instrument similar to a piano that can make sounds like many different instruments ⇨ synthesizer:
    Chris Kelly (guitar) and Benny Hayes (keyboards and vocals)

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keyboard2 verb
[intransitive and transitive] to put information into a computer, using a keyboard
—keyboarding noun [uncountable]:
    keyboarding errors