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key

noun

1 key

Metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated.

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, ... show more

Roget 522: interpretation, definition; explanation, explication; solution, answer; rationale; plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation; meaning etc. 516.    translation; ... show more

Roget 747: scepter, regalia, caduceus; Mercury's rod, Mercury's staff, Mercury's wand; rod of empire, mace, fasces, wand; staff, staff of office; baton, truncheon; ... show more

Roget 633: machinery, mechanism, engineering.    instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, ... show more

Roget 153: cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile [Lat.]; vera causa [Lat.]; author etc. (producer) 164; mainspring; ... show more

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel; transforation; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; ... show more

Roget 631: instrumentality; aid etc. 707; subservience, subserviency; mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium, vehicle, hand; agency etc. ... show more

Dutch: sleutel, toets
Polish: klucz

2 key

Something crucial for explaining.

Polish: klucz

3 key

Pitch of the voice.

4 key

Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music.

synonym: tonality.

Roget 413: melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme etc. (poetry) 597.    pitch, timbre, intonation, tone.    scale, gamut; ... show more

Dutch: tonaliteit
Polish: tonalność

5 key

A kilogram of a narcotic drug.

6 key

A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.

synonyms: key fruit, samara.

Polish: skrzydlak

7 Key

United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843).

synonym: Francis Scott Key.

8 key

A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.

synonyms: cay, Florida key.

9 key

basketball A space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court:
— He hit a jump shot from the top of the key.

synonym: paint.

Roget 428: color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush; tone, ... show more

Dutch: tjet

10 key

A list of answers to a test.

Polish: klucz

11 key

A list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations.

Polish: klucz

12 key

A generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access.

13 key

Mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock).

synonym: winder.

Dutch: sleutel, pijpsleutel

14 key

The central building block at the top of an arch or vault.

synonyms: headstone, keystone.

Dutch: sluitstuk, roos, slotstuk, sluitsteen
Polish: klucz, zwornik

15 key

A lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed.

Dutch: toets, toetsen
Polish: klawisz

verb

1 key

Identify as in botany or biology, for example.

synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key out, name.

2 key

Provide with a key.

3 key

Vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key.

4 key

Regulate the musical pitch of.

5 key

Harmonize with or adjust to.

adjective

1 key

Serving as an essential component.

synonyms: cardinal, central, fundamental, primal.

Polish: wytyczny, bazowy, rdzenny, centralny, główny


Moby thesaurus: French pitch, Rasputin, Svengali, TelAutography, Teletype, Teletype network, Teletyping, VIP, access, accommodate, accord, achromatism, adapt, adjust, adjust to, aerophone, ait, amplification, archipelago, assimilate ... show more.

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