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keytainer

keytainer noun: a small portable case for a person's keys.

Noun

keytainer (plural keytainers)

  1. A small portable case for a person's keys.
    • And in my mind I was looking at something else, a set of brand-new car keys in a keytainer stamped: “The Packard House,” upstairs, in a dead man's pocket.2005, Tony Hillerman, Rosemary Herbert, Sue Grafton, A New Omnibus of Crime, page 76

Forms of keytainer

pluralkeytainers

Origin of keytainer

Blend of key + container, originally a trademark.

Questions about keytainer

What does keytainer mean?
Keytainer means a small portable case for a person's keys.
What part of speech is keytainer?
Keytainer is a noun.
What is the plural of keytainer?
The plural of keytainer is keytainers.

Words near keytainer in the dictionary

  1. keystroking
  2. Keysville
  3. keyswitch
  4. keyswitches
  5. keytag
  6. keytainer
  7. keytainers
  8. keytap
  9. keytaps
  10. keytar
  11. keytarist

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