piano stool

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noun

a stool on which a pianist sits when playing a piano, esp one whose height is adjustable

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Words nearby piano stool

piano player, piano quartet, piano quintet, piano reduction, piano roll, piano stool, piano trio, piano tuner, piano wire, Piarist, pias.

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How to use piano stool in a sentence

She seemed ill at ease on the piano stool, and he begged her to take the chair by the window.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The mother, sitting down on the piano-stool, took the little boy's hand and pulled him towards her.
Maezli|Johanna Spyri
She then put her handkerchief to her eyes, pretended to sob bitterly, arose from the piano-stool, and sought an arm-chair.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862|Various
Miss Rose retreated hastily to her corner; Natty wheeled round on the piano-stool.
A Changed Heart|May Agnes Fleming

And he wriggled his large, bounder's back upon the piano stool, wriggling upon his well-filled haunches.
Sea and Sardinia|D. H. Lawrence