Word.ws English Dictionary

Greek key

Greek key noun: a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif, that is commonly found in Greek art.

greek key: a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif, that is...
Image: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

Greek key (plural Greek keys)

  1. A decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif, that is commonly found in Greek art.
  2. A structural motif in proteins consisting of four adjacent antiparallel strands and their linking loops.

Synonyms of Greek key

Forms of Greek key

pluralGreek keys

Questions about Greek key

What does Greek key mean?
Greek key means a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif, that is commonly found in Greek art.
What part of speech is Greek key?
Greek key is a noun.
What is the plural of Greek key?
The plural of Greek key is Greek keys.

Words near Greek key in the dictionary

  1. Greek gods
  2. Greek house
  3. Greek houses
  4. greek it
  5. Greek kalends
  6. Greek key
  7. Greek keys
  8. Greek letter
  9. Greek life
  10. Greek love
  11. Greek number

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Greek key (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Greek key.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/greek_key. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.