1
: a groove or channel for a key
2
: the aperture for the key in a lock having a flat metal key
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The Plus does not have a fingerprint reader or the option of a physical keyway.
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
Perhaps the owner of some upstart channel, hungry for clicks, has attempted to foil LPL with a custom keyway of their own devising.
—Hazlitt, 5 Apr. 2023
All 1990 and early 1991 Miatas were built with short-nose cranks with a fragile keyway where the lower timing belt sprocket was indexed.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2022
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
Perhaps the owner of some upstart channel, hungry for clicks, has attempted to foil LPL with a custom keyway of their own devising.
—Hazlitt, 5 Apr. 2023
All 1990 and early 1991 Miatas were built with short-nose cranks with a fragile keyway where the lower timing belt sprocket was indexed.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2022
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“Keyway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keyway. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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