Schlüssel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- key noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
- passkey noun A key that opens multiple locks in a building, typically held by staff or management.
- pivotal adj Extremely important; central to how something turns out.
- spanner noun A hand tool used to grip and turn nuts and bolts (called a "wrench" in American English).
- wrench noun US: a hand tool used to grip and turn nuts, bolts, or pipes; called a spanner in British English.
Senses
Schlüssel is used for these senses in English:
- clef (music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- key (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- pivotal Being of crucial importance; central, key.
- spanner (Commonwealth, UK, Irish) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
- wrench (US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes. [from 18th c.]
key — full definition
- noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
- noun The single most important factor or step needed to achieve something.
- noun One of the buttons pressed to type on a keyboard or play a musical instrument.
- noun A short guide listing what the symbols, colours, or abbreviations on a map, chart, or test mean.
- noun In music, the set of related notes a piece is built around, giving it its overall tonal centre.
passkey — full definition
- noun A key that opens multiple locks in a building, typically held by staff or management.
- noun A modern login credential tied to a specific device, used in place of a traditional password.