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{
"term": "piano",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/mu/music_pianos.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a large musical instrument played by pressing the black and white keys on the keyboard. The sound is produced by small hammers hitting the metal strings inside the piano.",
"sensetop": "on piano",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **play the piano**"
},
{
"text": "a sonata for violin and piano"
},
{
"text": "She was accompanied by her husband on piano.",
"contextForm": "on piano"
},
{
"text": "classical/jazz piano music"
},
{
"text": "a **piano teacher/lesson**"
},
{
"text": "Ravel’s piano concerto in G"
},
{
"text": "a piano solo/duet/trio"
},
{
"text": "Alison Evans provided piano accompaniment."
},
{
"text": "He was sitting at the piano, ready to play."
},
{
"text": "The piece can also be played on the piano."
},
{
"text": "There is a piano bar for evening entertainment."
},
{
"text": "a piano made by Steinway"
}
],
"topics": ["Music"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["baby grand", "concert grand", "grand"],
"verb + piano": ["tune", "make"],
"piano + noun": ["key", "lid", "strings"],
"preposition": ["at the piano", "on the piano"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/piˈænəʊ/",
"audio": "pi/piano/piano__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/piˌænəʊˈfɔːteɪ/",
"audio": "pi/piano/pianoforte__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/piˈænəʊ/",
"audio": "pi/piano/piano__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/piˌænəʊˈfɔːrteɪ/",
"audio": "pi/piano/pianoforte__us_4.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "noun early 19th cent.: from Italian, abbreviation of pianoforte."
}