klawisz — meaning in English
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English meaning
- key noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
- screw noun A metal fastener with a spiral thread, driven in with a twisting motion to hold materials together.
- turnkey adj Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).
Senses
klawisz is used for these senses in English:
- key (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- key In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- key (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- screw (slang, derogatory) A prison guard.
- turnkey (archaic) A warder or jailer; a keeper of the keys in a prison.
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.
screw — full definition
- noun A metal fastener with a spiral thread, driven in with a twisting motion to hold materials together.
- noun A ship's propeller.
- verb To attach or fasten something using a screw, or by twisting it into place.
- verb (informal) To cheat, mistreat, or ruin things for someone.
- noun (slang) A prison guard.