"fingerboard" in the noun sense
1. fingerpost, fingerboard
a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger
2. piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier
a bank of keys on a musical instrument
3. fingerboard
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
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