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 clip ends with a view of a grand piano, with sheets of paper on the floor around it. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 In videos from passersby, Miranda sits at a grand piano playing a selection of his songs from Moana, Hamilton, and Encanto, occasionally singing or beatboxing. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025 He was thrilled when, at age 12, his parents bought a Baldwin grand piano secondhand from the University of Central Arkansas. Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025 Nearby is a grand piano, with a piece of paper bearing a scribbled, in-progress chord progression; behind him are books on the Beatles and Bob Dylan. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 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 26 Oct. 2025.

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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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