"keyway" meaning in All languages combined

See keyway on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: keyways [plural]
Etymology: From key + way. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|key|way}} key + way Head templates: {{en-noun}} keyway (plural keyways)
  1. (dentistry) A slot into which a precision attachment (a key) is fitted.
    Sense id: en-keyway-en-noun-Z1lsjtqj Categories (other): Dentistry Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
  2. The whole deep way the key has to go, the hollow or cavity. Translations (the hollow for receiving the key): osca [feminine] (Catalan), avaimenreikä (Finnish), Schlüsselbartaufnahme [feminine] (German), Aussparung [broadly, feminine] (German), Schlüsselsitz [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-keyway-en-noun-KwkoeUGu Disambiguation of 'the hollow for receiving the key': 10 48 6 17 19
  3. A guide groove. Translations (a guide groove): ohjausura (Finnish), Schlitz [masculine] (German), Nut [feminine] (German), Führungsrille [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-keyway-en-noun-wdTuSTtG Disambiguation of 'a guide groove': 1 1 71 14 13
  4. (mechanical) The recessed part of a keyed joint, in which the key resides. Wikidata QID: Q134970965 Synonyms: keyseat, groove Translations (the keyseat, a part of a keyed joint): osca [feminine] (Catalan), kiilaura (Finnish), Nut [feminine] (German), Passfedernut [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-keyway-en-noun-en:Q134970965 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 11 10 40 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 10 18 39 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 8 14 53 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 5 9 54 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 15 19 36 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 16 12 40 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 16 12 40 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 16 12 40 17 Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'the keyseat, a part of a keyed joint': 6 6 4 78 6
  5. The groove within a modern lock that the key slides into; any lock's keyhole. Wikidata QID: Q488855
    Sense id: en-keyway-en-noun-en:Q488855

Inflected forms

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