garrafão — meaning in English

English meaning

• key noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.

Senses

garrafão is used for these senses in English:

• demijohn A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
• key In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.

key — full definition

1. noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
2. noun The single most important factor or step needed to achieve something.
3. noun One of the buttons pressed to type on a keyboard or play a musical instrument.
4. noun A short guide listing what the symbols, colours, or abbreviations on a map, chart, or test mean.
5. noun In music, the set of related notes a piece is built around, giving it its overall tonal centre.

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