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RETURN KEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does return key mean? 

RETURN KEY (noun)
  The noun RETURN KEY has 1 sense:

1. the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feedplay

  Familiarity information: RETURN KEY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RETURN KEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

return; return key

Hypernyms ("return key" is a kind of...):

key (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)


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