From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
fingerboard \fingerboard\ n.
1. a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger.
Syn: fingerpost. [WordNet 1.5]
2. a bank of keys on a musical instrument.
Syn: piano keyboard, clavier. [WordNet 1.5]
3. a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger [syn: {fingerpost}]
2: a bank of keys on a musical instrument [syn: {piano keyboard}, {clavier}]
3: a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "fingerboard": A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G string, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, bass, bass viol, bow, bridge, bull fiddle, cello, choir, claviature, console, contrabass, crowd, double bass, echo, eighty-eight, fiddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, great, ivories, keyboard, keys, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin, manual, organ manual, pedals, piano keys, scroll, solo, soundboard, string, swell, tenor violin, tuning peg, viola, violin, violinette, violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta
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