DICTOMETER

KEY

(key, clave, llave, tecla, teclear, nøkkel, tangent, tast, taste)

1. Synonyms:
   • Key
   Definitions:
   • metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Key
   Definitions:
   • something crucial for explaining
   Examples:
   • The key to development is economic integration
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Key
   Definitions:
   • pitch of the voice
   Examples:
   • He spoke in a low key
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Key
   • Tonality
   Definitions:
   • any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Key
   Definitions:
   • a kilogram of a narcotic drug
   Examples:
   • They were carrying two keys of heroin
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Samara
   • Key fruit
   • Key
   Definitions:
   • a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Key
   • Francis Scott Key
   Definitions:
   • 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)
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Key
   • Cay
   • Florida key
   Definitions:
   • a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Key
   • Paint
   Definitions:
   • (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
   Examples:
   • He hit a jump shot from the top of the key
   • He dominates play in the paint
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Key
    Definitions:
    • a list of answers to a test
    Examples:
    • Some students had stolen the key to the final exam
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Key
    Definitions:
    • a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Key
    Definitions:
    • a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
    Examples:
    • A safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Winder
    • Key
    Definitions:
    • mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Keystone
    • Key
    • Headstone
    Definitions:
    • the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Key
    Definitions:
    • a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Identify
   • Discover
   • Key
   • Key out
   • Distinguish
   • Describe
   • Name
   Definitions:
   • identify as in botany or biology, for example
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Key
   Definitions:
   • provide with a key
   Examples:
   • We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Key
   Definitions:
   • vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
   Examples:
   • His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Key
   Definitions:
   • regulate the musical pitch of
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Key
   Definitions:
   • harmonize with or adjust to
   Examples:
   • Key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Cardinal
   • Central
   • Fundamental
   • Key
   • Primal
   Definitions:
   • serving as an essential component
   Examples:
   • A cardinal rule
   • The central cause of the problem
   • An example that was fundamental to the argument
   • Computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure
   Antonyms:
   • Unimportant