From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishldoce_182_bkeyboardkey‧board1 /ˈkiːbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1 APMa board with buttons marked with letters or numbers that are pressed to put information into a computer or other machine a computer keyboard2 the row of keys on some musical instruments that you press in order to play them3 (also keyboards) [plural]APM 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)
Examples from the Corpus
keyboard• More than a dozen Web sites have information about Dvorak, and many offer software for converting computer keyboards.• The program can be used to record music input directly from the computer keyboard.• She focuses the music on her keyboards and her front-and-center vocals, which can be breathy and intimate or jagged.• Dorfman plays keyboards -- an injury preventing him from shouldering his usual accordion.• The ideal position for the mouse is on the same plane as the keyboard and as close to the keyboard as possible.• The keyboard is the input device.keyboardkeyboard2 verb [intransitive, transitive]TDT to put information into a computer, using a keyboard —keyboarding noun [uncountable] keyboarding errors→ See Verb tableFrom Longman Business Dictionarykeyboardkey‧board1 /ˈkiːbɔːd-bɔːrd/ noun [countable]COMPUTING a board with buttons marked with different letters and numbers which are pressed to put information into a computer or other machinethe F2 key on your computer keyboardkeyboardkeyboard2 verb [transitive]COMPUTING to put information into a computer, using a keyboardThe best way would be to keyboard the entries into the correct places in the document. —keyboarding noun [uncountable]an estimate of the keyboarding costs→ See Verb table 