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sub-key

sub-key is the alternative form of subkey.

Meaning of subkey

Noun

subkey (plural subkeys)

  1. A partial key.
  2. (Microsoft Windows) A key located beneath another key in the registry.

Forms of sub-key

pluralsub-keys

Questions about sub-key

What is sub-key the alternative form of?
Sub-key is the alternative form of subkey.

Words near sub-key in the dictionary

  1. sub-inspectors
  2. sub-internship
  3. sub-internships
  4. sub-judge
  5. sub-judges
  6. sub-key
  7. sub-keys
  8. sub-landlord
  9. sub-landlords
  10. sub-lease
  11. sub-leased

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sub-key (page history and authors); subkey (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.

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