piano
adverb or adjective
pi·a·no
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Definition of piano
(Entry 1 of 3)
: at a soft volume : soft
—used as a direction in music
piano
noun
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plural pianos
Definition of piano (Entry 2 of 3)
: a musical instrument having steel wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers operated from a keyboard
Piano
biographical name
Pi·a·no
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Definition of Piano (Entry 3 of 3)
Renzo 1937– Italian architect
Examples of piano in a Sentence
Noun
Do you play the piano? He takes piano lessons on Wednesdays.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The festival program is dotted with Enescu: a violin sonata, a piano quintet, Œdipe (his sole opera), etc. — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, "Mozart & Co.," 30 Aug. 2019 Prometheus Duo is a saxophone/piano duo based between Hartford and New York City, specializing in classical music. — courant.com, "Community News For The Windsor Edition," 30 Aug. 2019 On August 30th Igor Ronge, provost of the Protestant-Lutheran church of Kaliningrad, will hold a prayer in front of the cathedral followed by a piano recital by George Harliono. — C.g. | Berlin And Kaliningrad, The Economist, "Commemorating the devastation of Königsberg," 29 Aug. 2019 But Schulz soon began fleshing out his cast with more eccentric, more specific, more driven characters: Schroeder, piano prodigy and Beethoven superfan; Lucy, vain fussbudget and perpetually aggrieved scold; Linus, thumb-sucking philosopher. — Bruce Handy, The Atlantic, "The Peanuts Characters Aren’t Ordinary Kids," 29 Aug. 2019 Guests can enjoy samples from local artisans from the vendor market, watch a chalk art competition and listen to an interactive dueling piano show and a live speed painting exhibition, among other things. — Kristi Nix, Houston Chronicle, "Brunch and Bubbly tasting scheduled Sept. 7 at Sugar Land Town Square," 23 Aug. 2019 PianFrancisco has hosted 10 similar piano experiences in the past few years. — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, "Pianos bring creativity, inspiration to San Francisco’s Fort Point," 23 Aug. 2019 Claire has taught piano for seven years, volunteers as the lobby pianist at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, enjoys clogging as a member of the Silverhawk Stompers, and has worked as a certified tutor in calculus at Palomar College. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "North County School News, Aug. 22," 22 Aug. 2019 Two rival musicians, Lindsay (Sokoloff) and Wes (Mayes), who perform in a dueling piano show, suddenly find themselves without a gig on Christmas Eve and decide to road-trip to their neighboring hometowns together. — Dan Snierson, EW.com, "Here's when all 28 new Lifetime Christmas movies will air," 22 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'piano.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for piano
piano
noun
English Language Learners Definition of piano (Entry 2 of 2)
: a large musical instrument with a keyboard that you play by pressing black and white keys and that produces sound when small hammers inside the piano hit steel wires
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piano
noun
pi·a·no
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plural pianos
Kids Definition of piano
: a keyboard instrument having steel wire strings that make a sound when struck by hammers covered with felt
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