baby grand
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈbeɪbi ɡrænd/
:
piano de cola pequeño
- He carefully dusted the keys of his shiny baby grand piano before starting to play.
- baby grand piano
- a white baby grand
- a black baby grand
Examples
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Only Libby's white baby grand is the same, angled into the opposite corner, clean, dusted, uncluttered.
Fiction book (1994) -
I like Monroe Fletcher, but my first kiss happened with Jeff Hardy as I leaned back against the baby grand, laughing.
Academic text (1991) -
This is a baby grand piano, a rehearsal instrument.
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Mr. La Pierre the younger came by arrangement every week to practice on our baby grand.
Fiction book (1999) -
Her father was seated at a beautiful old baby grand that had been in a movie whose title always escaped Emma.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Come on over here with me," he said as he sat down at the baby grand and patted the bench next to him.
Fiction book (1996) -
Beside them, on the floor by the baby grand, Jeannie smirks.
Fiction book (1996) -
I stood in my singing teacher's living room, in the crook of her baby grand, staring out through the glass patio doors past the bird feeders at the tidy suburban lawn.
Fiction book (1997) -
Consumer-grade upright pianos cost between $3,000 and $10,000, while a baby grand piano runs anywhere from $7,000 to $30,000, he says.
Blog text (12) -
The living room has exposed white brick along the walls, bronze ostrich figurines, a white baby grand piano, and a zebra print rug surrounded by a few couches.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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3.9
A small piano with a curved lid like a large piano that fits in a home
A small piano for home use that has a rich sound
A small piano with strings that lie flat, for homes and small rooms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is clearly compositional: 'baby' conveys a small or junior version and 'grand' here denotes a grand piano, so together they mean a small grand piano. This small‑version naming pattern is common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun baby grand comes from the idea of a full-size grand piano made small like a baby, keeping the same curved shape but much shorter. So the phrase means 'a small grand piano' that fits in homes and small rooms.