fingerboard

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noun

A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.

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Meanings

nounfingerboard (plural fingerboards)

plural fingerboards

  1. artsA flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.
  2. A miniature skateboard or snowboard that is propelled by the fingers.
  3. Synonym of hangboard (“device for building finger strength”).

    Synonyms: hangboard

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of hangboard (“device for building finger strength”).

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hangboard

More synonyms by meaning

nouna guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger

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fingerpost
Broader
signpostguidepost

nouna bank of keys on a musical instrument

Similar
piano keyboardclavier
Broader
keyboard
Also see
clavierfingerposthangboard

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From finger + board.

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Translations

Bulgarian гриф
  • гриф (grif)part of musical instrument
Czech hmatník
  • hmatníkpart of musical instrument
Danish gribebræt
  • gribebrætpart of musical instrument
Dutch toets
  • toetspart of musical instrument
Finnish otelauta, sormiskeittilauta
  • otelautapart of musical instrument
  • sormiskeittilautaminiature skateboard
  • sormiskeittiminiature skateboard
French touche
  • touchepart of musical instrument
German Griffbrett
  • Griffbrettpart of musical instrument
Greek ταστιέρα
  • ταστιέρα (tastiéra)part of musical instrument
Hebrew שְׁחִיף
  • שְׁחִיףpart of musical instrument
Icelandic fingraborð, fingrabretti
  • fingraborðpart of musical instrument
  • fingrabrettipart of musical instrument
  • fingrabrettiminiature skateboard
Irish méarchlár
  • méarchlárpart of musical instrument
Italian tastiera
  • tastierapart of musical instrument
Japanese 指板
  • 指板 (shiban)part of musical instrument
Māori paparipa
  • paparipapart of musical instrument
Polish podstrunnica, podstrunnik
  • podstrunnicapart of musical instrument
  • podstrunnikpart of musical instrument
Portuguese espelho
  • espelhopart of musical instrument
Russian гриф, клавиату́ра
  • гриф (grif)part of musical instrument
  • клавиату́ра (klaviatúra)part of musical instrument
Spanish traste
  • trastepart of musical instrument
Swedish greppbräda
  • greppbrädapart of musical instrument
Cite this entry
APA

fingerboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerboard

MLA

“fingerboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fingerboard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerboard.

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