grand piano

noun

: a piano with horizontal frame and strings compare upright piano

Examples of grand piano in a Sentence

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The Sunday afternoon concerts are also beautifully focused, based around the library’s own grand piano so there’s always a pianist involved even when the act is based around a different instrument. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026 For fifty years, Nelson’s sister Bobbie anchored the group from behind a grand piano. Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025 Recoiling in horror, his brother (Jeremy Culhane) loses his balance on some toy cars and falls face-first into the sharp corner of their grand piano. William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2025 At Le Piano, Willetts' grand piano dominated the room. Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grand piano

Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 10 Jan. 2026.

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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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