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fingerboard
CIDE DICTIONARY
fingerboard, n.
- a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger. [WordNet 1.5]
- a bank of keys on a musical instrument. [WordNet 1.5]
- a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
fingerboard
A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G string, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, bass, bass viol, bow, bridge, bull fiddle, cello, choir, claviature, console, contrabass, crowd, double bass, echo, eighty-eight, fiddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, great, ivories, keyboard, keys, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin, manual, organ manual, pedals, piano keys, scroll, solo, soundboard, string, swell, tenor violin, tuning peg, viola, violin, violinette, violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violottaFor further exploring for "fingerboard" in Webster Dictionary Online