"escape key" meaning in English

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      "form": "escape keys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Buttons",
          "orig": "en:Buttons",
          "parents": [
            "Mechanisms",
            "Machines",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A key on a computer keyboard that can be used to cancel an operation."
      ],
      "id": "en-escape_key-en-noun-9o1tI8-e",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ],
        [
          "keyboard",
          "keyboard"
        ],
        [
          "cancel",
          "cancel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A key on a computer keyboard that can be used to cancel an operation."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "␛"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "abbreviation"
          ],
          "word": "Esc"
        },
        {
          "word": "escape"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tuìchūjiàn",
          "sense": "key on a personal computer",
          "word": "退出鍵 /退出键"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yìchūjiàn",
          "sense": "key on a personal computer",
          "word": "逸出鍵 /逸出键"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "key on a personal computer",
          "word": "poistumisnäppäin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "key on a personal computer",
          "word": "esc-näppäin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "esukēpu kī",
          "sense": "key on a personal computer",
          "word": "エスケープキー"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "esukēpu",
          "sense": "key on a personal computer",
          "word": "エスケープ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eseukeipeu ki",
          "sense": "key on a personal computer",
          "word": "에스케이프 키"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eseukeipeu",
          "sense": "key on a personal computer",
          "word": "에스케이프"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "eskéjp",
          "sense": "key on a personal computer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "эске́йп"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kláviša eskéjp",
          "sense": "key on a personal computer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кла́виша эске́йп"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "key on a personal computer",
          "word": "phím thoát"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "escape key"
}

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    {
      "form": "escape keys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "escape key (plural escape keys)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "en:Computing"
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      "glosses": [
        "A key on a computer keyboard that can be used to cancel an operation."
      ],
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ],
        [
          "keyboard",
          "keyboard"
        ],
        [
          "cancel",
          "cancel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A key on a computer keyboard that can be used to cancel an operation."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "␛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "Esc"
    },
    {
      "word": "escape"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuìchūjiàn",
      "sense": "key on a personal computer",
      "word": "退出鍵 /退出键"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìchūjiàn",
      "sense": "key on a personal computer",
      "word": "逸出鍵 /逸出键"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "key on a personal computer",
      "word": "poistumisnäppäin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "key on a personal computer",
      "word": "esc-näppäin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "esukēpu kī",
      "sense": "key on a personal computer",
      "word": "エスケープキー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "esukēpu",
      "sense": "key on a personal computer",
      "word": "エスケープ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eseukeipeu ki",
      "sense": "key on a personal computer",
      "word": "에스케이프 키"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eseukeipeu",
      "sense": "key on a personal computer",
      "word": "에스케이프"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "eskéjp",
      "sense": "key on a personal computer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эске́йп"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kláviša eskéjp",
      "sense": "key on a personal computer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кла́виша эске́йп"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "key on a personal computer",
      "word": "phím thoát"
    }
  ],
  "word": "escape key"
}