typewriter keyboard
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- noun
- /ˈtaɪpˌraɪtər ˈkiːˌbɔrd/
- Archaic
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teclado de máquina de escribir
Examples
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Instead of a typewriter keyboard, which is bulky and slow, the system should incorporate handwriting recognition (like the new generation of pen-input computers).
Academic text (1991) -
The author sat down at the typewriter keyboard to begin drafting her new novel.
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He prefers using a typewriter keyboard instead of a computer for the nostalgic feel.
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The typewriter keyboard has a distinct sound that reminds me of old libraries.
How Modern
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- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase refers straightforwardly to the keyboard that belongs to or is part of a typewriter; a learner who knows 'typewriter' and 'keyboard' can compose this meaning easily. This noun–noun compound/possessive pattern is a common, literal composition across languages, so the meaning is immediately derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Typewriter keyboard comes from old typewriter machines that had many small, raised keys you pressed to print letters on paper. Because the rows of keys looked like a piano 'keyboard', people started to call that board of 'keys' a 'keyboard', and today 'keyboard' means the same set of keys used to type on computers.