Synonyms: key
Definition: metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
Similar words: device
Definition: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
Usage: the device is small enough to wear on your wrist; a device intended to conserve water
Synonyms: key
Definition: a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
Similar words: lever
Definition: a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
Synonyms: key, keystone, headstone
Definition: the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
Similar words: building block
Definition: a block of material used in construction work
Definition: mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
Similar words: mechanical device
Definition: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
Synonyms: key
Definition: pitch of the voice
Usage: he spoke in a low key
Similar words: pitch
Definition: the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
Synonyms: key
Definition: something crucial for explaining
Usage: the key to development is economic integration
Similar words: explanation
Definition: thought that makes something comprehensible
Synonyms: key
Definition: a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
Usage: a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it
Similar words: positive identification
Definition: evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance
Usage: a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people
Synonyms: key
Definition: a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
Definition: a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
Synonyms: key
Definition: a list of answers to a test
Usage: some students had stolen the key to the final exam
Definition: a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
Definition: any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
Similar words: musical notation
Definition: (music) notation used by musicians
Definition: (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
Usage: he hit a jump shot from the top of the key; he dominates play in the paint
Similar words: space
Definition: an area reserved for some particular purpose
Usage: the laboratory's floor space
Synonyms: key, cay, Florida key
Definition: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
Similar words: coral reef
Definition: a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone
Synonyms: Key, Francis Scott Key
Definition: 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)
Similar words: lawyer, attorney
Definition: a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
Similar words: poet
Definition: a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
Synonyms: key, key fruit, samara
Definition: a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
Similar words: achene
Definition: small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
Synonyms: key
Definition: a kilogram of a narcotic drug
Usage: they were carrying two keys of heroin
Similar words: kg, kilo, kilogram
Definition: one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Usage: a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds
Synonyms: key
Definition: harmonize with or adjust to
Usage: key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude
Similar words: harmonise, harmonize, reconcile
Definition: bring into consonance or accord
Usage: harmonize one's goals with one's abilities
Synonyms: key
Definition: regulate the musical pitch of
Similar words: chord, harmonise, harmonize
Definition: bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
Synonyms: key
Definition: vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
Usage: His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot
Similar words: vandalise, vandalize
Definition: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism
Usage: vandalize the park
Synonyms: key
Definition: provide with a key
Usage: We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building
Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish
Definition: give something useful or necessary to
Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater
Synonyms: cardinal, central, key, primal, fundamental
Definition: serving as an essential component
Usage: a cardinal rule; the central cause of the problem; an example that was fundamental to the argument; computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure
Similar words: important, of import
Definition: of great significance or value
Usage: important people; the important questions of the day