Index of English words, starting with "ke"

(1) - Keyhole (n.) a mortise for a key or cotter.
(2) - Keyhole (n.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which fastens them.
(3) - Keyhole (n.) A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.

(1) - Keynote (n.) The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.
(2) - Keynote (n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.

(1) - Keystone (n.) The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch.