"keyway" meaning in English

See keyway in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: keyways [plural]
Etymology: 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. Categories (topical): Dentistry
    Sense id: en-keyway-en-noun-Z1lsjtqj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 29 17 20 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 29 17 20 Disambiguation of 'the hollow for receiving the key': 15 67 10 8
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 29 17 20 Disambiguation of 'a guide groove': 1 2 96 1
  4. The recessed part of a keyed joint, a keyseat. 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-ZV862X3v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 29 17 20 Disambiguation of 'the keyseat, a part of a keyed joint': 5 7 5 83

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for keyway meaning in English (4.0kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "key",
        "3": "way"
      },
      "expansion": "key + way",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "key + way",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keyways",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "keyway (plural keyways)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dentistry",
          "orig": "en:Dentistry",
          "parents": [
            "Medicine",
            "Teeth",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "Mouth",
            "All topics",
            "Face",
            "Fundamental",
            "Head and neck",
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 29 17 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A slot into which a precision attachment (a key) is fitted."
      ],
      "id": "en-keyway-en-noun-Z1lsjtqj",
      "links": [
        [
          "dentistry",
          "dentistry"
        ],
        [
          "slot",
          "slot"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dentistry) A slot into which a precision attachment (a key) is fitted."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dentistry",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 29 17 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The whole deep way the key has to go, the hollow or cavity."
      ],
      "id": "en-keyway-en-noun-KwkoeUGu",
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "15 67 10 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the hollow for receiving the key",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "osca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 67 10 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the hollow for receiving the key",
          "word": "avaimenreikä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 67 10 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the hollow for receiving the key",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schlüsselbartaufnahme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 67 10 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the hollow for receiving the key",
          "tags": [
            "broadly",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Aussparung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 67 10 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the hollow for receiving the key",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schlüsselsitz"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 29 17 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A guide groove."
      ],
      "id": "en-keyway-en-noun-wdTuSTtG",
      "links": [
        [
          "guide",
          "guide"
        ],
        [
          "groove",
          "groove"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a guide groove",
          "word": "ohjausura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a guide groove",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schlitz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a guide groove",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Nut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a guide groove",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Führungsrille"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 29 17 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The recessed part of a keyed joint, a keyseat."
      ],
      "id": "en-keyway-en-noun-ZV862X3v",
      "links": [
        [
          "keyed",
          "keyed"
        ],
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ],
        [
          "keyseat",
          "keyseat"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 7 5 83",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the keyseat, a part of a keyed joint",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "osca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 7 5 83",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the keyseat, a part of a keyed joint",
          "word": "kiilaura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 7 5 83",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the keyseat, a part of a keyed joint",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Nut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 7 5 83",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the keyseat, a part of a keyed joint",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Passfedernut"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keyway"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Requests for review of Bulgarian translations",
    "Requests for review of German translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "key",
        "3": "way"
      },
      "expansion": "key + way",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "key + way",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keyways",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "keyway (plural keyways)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Dentistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A slot into which a precision attachment (a key) is fitted."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dentistry",
          "dentistry"
        ],
        [
          "slot",
          "slot"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dentistry) A slot into which a precision attachment (a key) is fitted."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dentistry",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The whole deep way the key has to go, the hollow or cavity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A guide groove."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guide",
          "guide"
        ],
        [
          "groove",
          "groove"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The recessed part of a keyed joint, a keyseat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keyed",
          "keyed"
        ],
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ],
        [
          "keyseat",
          "keyseat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the hollow for receiving the key",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osca"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the hollow for receiving the key",
      "word": "avaimenreikä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the hollow for receiving the key",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlüsselbartaufnahme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the hollow for receiving the key",
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aussparung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the hollow for receiving the key",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlüsselsitz"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a guide groove",
      "word": "ohjausura"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a guide groove",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlitz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a guide groove",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a guide groove",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Führungsrille"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the keyseat, a part of a keyed joint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osca"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the keyseat, a part of a keyed joint",
      "word": "kiilaura"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the keyseat, a part of a keyed joint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the keyseat, a part of a keyed joint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Passfedernut"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keyway"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.