Definition of Key

Noun

• a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
  
• the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
  keystone headstone
• mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
  winder
• a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
  "a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it"
  
• a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
  
• a list of answers to a test
  "some students had stolen the key to the final exam"
  
• (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"
  "he dominates play in the paint"
  paint
• a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
  cay - florida 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)
  - francis scott key
• a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
  samara - key fruit
• a kilogram of a narcotic drug
  "they were carrying two keys of heroin"
  
• any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
  tonality
• pitch of the voice
  "he spoke in a low key"
  
• something crucial for explaining
  "the key to development is economic integration"
  
• metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
  

Verb

• harmonize with or adjust to
  "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"
  
• regulate the musical pitch of
  
• vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
  "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"
  
• provide with a key
  "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building"
  
• identify as in botany or biology, for example
  identify discover - key out distinguish describe name

Adjective

• serving as an essential component
  "a cardinal rule"
  "the central cause of the problem"
  "an example that was fundamental to the argument"
  "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
  cardinal central fundamental primal

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Unscramble key

4 unscramble word found using the letters key.

key, ky, kye, ye,