FALL-BOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fall-board mean? 

• FALL-BOARD (noun)
  The noun FALL-BOARD has 1 sense:

1. the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played

  Familiarity information: FALL-BOARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALL-BOARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fall-board; fallboard

Hypernyms ("fall-board" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Holonyms ("fall-board" is a part of...):

forte-piano; piano; pianoforte (a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds)