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piano noun

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Definition

a large musical instrument with a row of black and white keys which are pressed to play notes
We're buying a new piano.
I play the piano.
mainly US or specialized She used to play piano in a jazz band.
The music was written for piano.
We all joined in the song, with Pat at the piano/on piano.

(Definition of piano noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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