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FALLBOARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fallboard mean?
• FALLBOARD (noun)
The noun FALLBOARD has 1 sense:
1. the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played
Familiarity information: FALLBOARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fall-board; fallboard
Hypernyms ("fallboard" is a kind of...):
protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)
Holonyms ("fallboard" is a part of...):
forte-piano; piano; pianoforte (a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds)
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