KEYS

4 letters 11 Scrabble points /kiːz/

Definition of KEYS

noun
  1. An object designed to open and close a lock.

  2. An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.

  3. A crucial step or requirement.

    "The key to solving this problem is persistence."

verb
  1. To fit (a lock) with a key.

  2. To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.

  3. To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.

noun
  1. One of a string of small islands.

    "the Florida Keys"

noun
  1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

  2. The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

Related words: kg kilo
noun
  1. A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters K E Y S
Length 4 letters
Scrabble Score 11 points

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