grand piano

noun

: a piano with horizontal frame and strings compare upright piano

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The castle has seven grand pianos, nineteen balconies, six turrets, and twenty-three chaise longues. Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 Hotel Bel-Air The Bar & Lounge, with a grand piano, marble fireplace, intimate tables, superb cocktails, and celebrity photographs, creates a sophisticated atmosphere that attracts guests and locals. Pat Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024 Other elements, like the eye-catching navy shelving in the bedroom and Michaelson's own white grand piano got the okay to stay. Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 Glass revolving doors whirl into its sweeping atrium with giant sketched portraits, ivory marble floors, stately cream pillars, grand pianos, and teal wingback chairs sitting on geometric carpets, all under a colossal conservatory ceiling. Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for grand piano 

Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of grand piano was in 1793

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“Grand piano.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20piano. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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grand piano

noun
: a piano in which the frame and strings are in a horizontal rather than an upright position

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