"tuning key" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tuning keys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tuning key (plural tuning keys)
  1. A peg or screw used to tighten or loosen strings on a musical instrument in order to produce concordant sounds. Translations (peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments): stemschroef [common-gender] (Dutch), stemknop [masculine] (Dutch), cheville [feminine] (French), Wirbel [masculine] (German), pirolo [masculine] (Italian), kōwiri (Maori), stroik [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), cravelha [feminine] (Portuguese), claviglia [feminine] (Romansch), clavija [feminine] (Spanish), stämskruv [common-gender] (Swedish), cyweirgorn [masculine] (Welsh), ebill cyweirio [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tuning_key-en-noun-hpRiFQkN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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