SHIFT KEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shift key mean? 

• SHIFT KEY (noun)
  The noun SHIFT KEY has 1 sense:

1. the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

  Familiarity information: SHIFT KEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIFT KEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

shift; shift key

Hypernyms ("shift key" is a kind of...):

key (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)

Holonyms ("shift key" is a part of...):

typewriter keyboard (a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed)