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The meaning of the English word "piano" and how you use it

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piano
(noun) an acoustic musical instrument with a keyboard
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He's an amazing piano player .
Can you play the piano ?
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Taylor also plays the piano , banjo , and ukulele .
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with piano being by far the most popular choice ,
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I will practice the piano .
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grand piano
(noun) (sing.) a large, wing-shaped piano with horizontal strings
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My mother 's grand piano is in my living room .
He seated himself at the grand piano and began to play .
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A spacecraft the size of a grand piano left Earth on top of a rocket traveling 36 , 000 miles per hour .
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pianist
(noun) a person who plays the piano, especially professionally
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My sister is a pianist .
The pianist played beautifully .
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She is a pianist .
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Maybe you're amazing at Mario Kart or you're a brilliant pianist ,
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keyboards
(noun) (informal) (pl.) a musical instrument similar to a piano
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Kanako has an AAS in administrative office technology. She is a native Japanese speaker and studied English literature prior to moving to the U.S. She has also taken correspondence courses in EN-JP translation and works as a translator/localizer which involves tasks such as editing machine translations and localizing web contents. She has also worked as an in-person interpreter for businesses based in Japan.
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She played both the keyboards and organ .
We need to get some new keyboards for the band .
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Interesting Inventions in History
Now , keyboards evolved from organs to clavichords to harpsichords to the piano until the middle of the 19th century ,
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organ
(noun) an instrument similar to a piano, with many pipes where the sound emits
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He plays the organ at church .
The organ is a very old-fashioned instrument .
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Bach was a highly and widely respected professional organ player .
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was eventually modified to create the first organ more than 2000 years ago .
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