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Definition of "grand piano" []

  • A piano having the strings strung in a horizontal harp-shaped frame supported usually on three legs. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "grand piano" in a sentence
  • "The Concert Piano Tuning and Preparation of the Performance Piano course teaches advanced students the skills needed to prepare a grand piano for a concert performance."
  • "Behind her was a concert-sized grand piano that her father had given her when she had won a gold metal in a music competition."
  • "In the middle of the room sat a black grand piano that flaunted a black-and-white photograph of Ms. Allen and violinist Isaac Stern standing in front of Carnegie Hall."