fingerboard

n. neck of a stringed instrument; keyboard

The fingerboard, (also known as a fretboard on fretted instruments), is a part of most stringed instruments. It is a thin, long strip of wood that is laminated to the front of the neck of an instrument and above which the strings run. In the playing of such an instrument, a musician presses the strings down towards it in order to change their vibrating lengths, causing changes in pitch. This is called "stopping" the strings.
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Noun
1. a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger
(synonym) fingerpost
(hypernym) signpost, guidepost
2. a bank of keys on a musical instrument
(synonym) piano keyboard, clavier
(hypernym) keyboard
(part-holonym) piano, pianoforte, forte-piano
3. 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
(hypernym) strip
(part-holonym) bowed stringed instrument, string

Synonyms and related words:
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, violotta
  

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