piano

Speech parts

1. piano - Noun

2. piano - Adjective

3. piano - Verb

4. piano - Adverb

6. Piano - Proper noun

Meaning

Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)

Alt. of Pianoforte

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

soft softly pianoforte pianissimo forte-piano dolce largo adagio clavier player bass instrument easy slowly keyboard

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Antonyms

forte force endowment ability effectiveness faculty

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Hypernyms

softness percussion instrument keyboard instrument stringed instrument percussive instrument

Hyponyms

grand upright grand piano pianola player piano upright piano

Phrases with the word

piano-organ elaborate piano barrel piano organ main piano tiny piano automatic piano

Anagrams

NAIOP Paino

Examples

A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing. Bill Shankly

Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano. Frédéric Chopin

We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion. Zelda Fitzgerald

Love is a piano dropped from a fourth story window, and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ani DiFranco

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano. Bob Hope

The piano has been drinking, not me. Tom Waits

Close letter words and terms

Piankeshaw pianny pianny forty piano accordion piano action piano action component