return key

1. 1.

   the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

   Synonymsreturn

   Broaderkey

Questions about return key

What does return key mean?

return key means "the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed".

What is another word for return key?

Close synonyms include return. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is return key a common word?

return key is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.