fingerboard

fin·ger·board  (fnggr-bôrd, -brd)

n.

A strip of wood on the neck of a stringed musical instrument against which the strings are pressed in playing.

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fingerboard

Noun

the long strip of hard wood on a violin, guitar, etc., upon which the strings are stopped by the fingers

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fingerboard - a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger fingerpost signpost, guidepost - a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way
	2.	fingerboard - a bank of keys on a musical instrument clavier, piano keyboard accordion, piano accordion, squeeze box - a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player keyboard - device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like pipe organ, organ - wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard forte-piano, piano, pianoforte - a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
	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 banjo - a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body bowed stringed instrument, string - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well" guitar - a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking lute - chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard mandolin - a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum strip - thin piece of wood or metal