Noun Definition
key
1.Definition: (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
"He hit a jump shot from the top of the key", "He dominates play in the paint"
Related Noun(s):paint
Category: Places3.Definition: a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
"A safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it"
Category: General6.Definition: a list of answers to a test
"Some students had stolen the key to the final exam"
Category: General8.Definition: a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
Category: Plants9.Definition: any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
Related Noun(s):tonality
Category: General10.Definition: mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
Related Noun(s):winder
Category: Objects11.Definition: metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
Category: Objects13.Definition: something crucial for explaining
"The key to development is economic integration"
Category: General15.Definition: United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
Related Noun(s):francis scott key
Category: People