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keywork en · NOUN

Etymology

From key + work.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Collectively, the mechanisms of a woodwind musical instrument such as a flute or clarinet that support the operation of its keys.
    • The fingering challenges that arise are similar to those above, involving unorthodox key usage, half- and sometimes quarter-holing, and unusual configurations of keywork. 2017, Eric F. Clarke, editor, Distributed Creativity: Collaboration and Improvisation in Contemporary Music:
  2. (UK, uncountable) The form of social work done by a keyworker.

Translations (3)

fr clétage (collectively, the mechanisms of a woodwind musical instrument such as a flute or clarinet that support the operation of its keys) · fi koneisto (collectively, the mechanisms of a woodwind musical instrument such as a flute or clarinet that support the operation of its keys) · pl mechanizmy klawiszowe (collectively, the mechanisms of a woodwind musical instrument such as a flute or clarinet that support the operation of its keys)