piano
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
Types & categories
- keyboard instrument hypernym
- percussion instrument hypernym
- stringed instrument hypernym
- grand piano hyponym
- mechanical piano hyponym
- upright piano hyponym
Parts & wholes
- fallboard part meronym
- keyboard part meronym
- piano action part meronym
- clavier part meronym
- soft pedal part meronym
- soundboard part meronym
- sustaining pedal part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
used chiefly as a direction or description in music
the piano passages in the composition
Related & opposite
- forte antonym
- pianissimo similar to
- pianissimo assai similar to
Sense 3 adverb
used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
(music) low loudness
Types & categories
- softness hypernym
Related & opposite
- pianissimo derivation
- music domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pianist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pianistic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pianistic |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | fallboard |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | keyboard |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | piano action |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | clavier |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | soft pedal |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | soundboard |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sustaining pedal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | keyboard instrument |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | percussion instrument |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stringed instrument |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grand piano |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mechanical piano |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | upright piano |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | forte |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pianissimo |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pianissimo assai |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | forte |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | piano |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pianissimo |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | softness |