SPACE BAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does space bar mean? 

• SPACE BAR (noun)
  The noun SPACE BAR has 1 sense:

1. the bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when used

  Familiarity information: SPACE BAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPACE BAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when used

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("space bar" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("space bar" is a part of...):

typewriter keyboard (a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed)