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We have spotted KEY (3 Letters) a total of 159 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with KEY and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
| • | An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place. |
| • | An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc. |
| • | That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter. |
| • | A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem. |
| • | That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position. |
| • | A piece of wood used as a wedge. |
| • | The last board of a floor when laid down. |
| • | A keystone. |
| • | That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place. |
| • | A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock. |
| • | A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc. |
| • | An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit. |
| • | A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as " sharp four," "flat seven," etc. Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a key. |
| • | The fundamental tone of a movement to which its modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and ends; keynote. |
| • | Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance. |
| • | To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
- Pivotal
- Essential
- Teacher's answer sheet
- Unlocking tool
- Most important
- C major for example
- __ lime pie
- Like cutting the line
- Peeles partner
- Major or minor in music
- Piano piece
- Under lock and __
- Crucially important
- Escape room find
- Decryption need
- E or G e.g.
- Its got all the answers
- Minor
- Control Alt or Delete
- Tab, for one
- Important
- Word used to decrypt a cipher
- A minor e.g.
- Lock opener
- All-important
- Tab for one
- Tab or Esc
- Piano part
- Esc or T
- Critical
- Critically important
- Delete e.g.
- ___ signature (C# major e.g.)
- Shift or Enter
- Anthem lyricist with a musical name
- One of 88 on a piano
- Crucial
- Vital
Usage among publishers:
- Newsday: Dec 12, 2024
- USA Today: Nov 23, 2024
- USA Today: Nov 15, 2024
- USA Today: Sep 10, 2024
- Newsday: Aug 1, 2024
- Universal: Jul 16, 2024
- LA Times: Jun 20, 2024
- New York Times: May 20, 2024
- LA Times: Apr 25, 2024
- Universal: Apr 13, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Apr 12, 2024
- Newsday: Mar 27, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Feb 17, 2024
- LA Times: Feb 3, 2024
- LA Times: Jan 25, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Jan 20, 2024
- New York Times: Dec 31, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Dec 8, 2023
- Universal: Nov 27, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Oct 25, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Sep 26, 2023
- Universal: Sep 23, 2023
- USA Today: Sep 6, 2023
- Eugene Sheffer: Sep 5, 2023
- Newsday: Aug 3, 2023
- LA Times: Jun 25, 2023
- USA Today: May 27, 2023
- Universal: May 1, 2023
- New York Times: Apr 26, 2023
- LA Times: Jan 30, 2023