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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

   "[…]play certain of the stops in octaves to each other, while merely touching single notes on the clavier"

2. 2
   a stringed instrument that has a keyboard wordnet
3. 3
   a bank of keys on a musical instrument wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Example

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"[…]play certain of the stops in octaves to each other, while merely touching single notes on the clavier"

Etymology

Borrowed from French clavier (“keyboard”), from Latin clavis (“key”).

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