Collocations for "keyboard"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "keyboard" in context.
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keyboard
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [computer, cellphone, smartphone, device, laptop, compact] keyboard
- a keyboard with a touchpad
- a [USB, wireless] keyboard
- the [keys, symbols, numbers, letters, function keys] on the keyboard
- [press, tap, hit, hold down] the [keys] on the keyboard
- a [Spanish] keyboard
- change the keyboard to [French]
- type [lightly, heavily] on the keyboard
- was [typing, hammering] away at the keyboard
- was [sitting, typing] at his keyboard
- spilled [juice, coffee, crumbs] on the keyboard
- am learning to play the (electric) keyboard
- plays keyboard in the [band, group]
- got a keyboard for [my birthday, Christmas]
- the [white, black, sharp, flat] notes on the keyboard
- a keyboard with [stand, stool, microphone]
- a [full, half] -size keyboard
- the keyboard [keys, shortcuts, symbols, numbers, letters, functions]
- a keyboard adapter
- a keyboard player
'keyboard' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):