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Piano

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Noun

1. forte-piano, piano, pianoforte

a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

2. pianissimo, piano

(music) low loudness

Adjective

3. piano, soft

used chiefly as a direction or description in music

Example Sentences:
'the piano passages in the composition'

Adverb

4. piano, softly

used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Piano

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noun plural -anos
a musical stringed instrument resembling a harp set in a vertical or horizontal frame, played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike the strings and produce audible vibrations
See also grand piano, upright piano
adjective, adverb
music
(to be performed) softly
. Symbol: p
noun
Renzo. born 1937, Italian architect; buildings include the Pompidou Centre, Paris (1977; with Richard Rogers), the Potsdamer Platz redevelopment, Berlin (1998), and The Shard, London (2012)

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Piano

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adjective, adverb
1. 
soft(ly)
often used as a musical direction see also forte2
nounWord forms: plural piˈanos
2. 
a passage to be performed piano
nounWord forms: plural piˈanos
a large keyboard instrument, each key of which operates a small, felt-covered hammer that strikes and vibrates a corresponding wire or set of wires stretched on a metal frame that is enclosed in a wooden case of various forms

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Piano

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n.pl. pi·an·os
A musical instrument with a manual keyboard actuating hammers that strike wire strings, producing sounds that may be softened or sustained by means of pedals.
adv. & adj. Abbr. p
In a soft or quiet tone. Used chiefly as a direction.
n. pl. pi·a·nos
A passage to be played softly or quietly.

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