grand piano

noun

1. a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.

grand piano

noun

1. a form of piano in which the strings are arranged horizontally. Grand pianos exist in three sizes Compare baby grand boudoir grand concert grand upright piano

Word History and Origins

Origin of grand piano¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Yet another lounging space comes complete with a grand piano and light blue crown molding.

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She’s offset the building’s cement with a childhood baby grand piano and her grandmother’s lacquer vanity with pearl inlay.

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And one evening, when Bess and Harry’s daughter, Margaret, sat down at her grand piano, a back leg of the instrument plunged through the floor, sending a snow of plaster dust into the dining room.

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At a grand piano in a hotel in Beverly Hills, as he plays us a piece he calls Goodbye, it's clear an artistic soul exudes from his every pore.

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Other miniature marvels inside the structure include a tiny grand piano, the Crown Jewels and a 1920s-era vacuum cleaner.

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Related Words

• instrument 
• keyboard