joanna
- noun
- /dʒəʊˈænə/
- Archaic
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piano
- He played a lively tune on the old joanna in the pub.
Examples
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She learned to play the joanna from her grandfather.
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The band set up next to the joanna and started their performance.
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She plays the joanna beautifully.
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Can you hear the joanna in the background?
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He played a lively tune on the old joanna in the pub.
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The band set up next to the joanna and started their performance.
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She learned to play the joanna from her grandfather.
Synonyms
4
4.8
A small grand piano that fits in small rooms
1
8.9
A small upright piano kept at home for practice
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9.7
A piano that plays by itself when you put in a roll of paper with holes
A large piano with a rich, full sound used in concerts
Surface Forms
Etymology
Joanna is British slang for a 'piano'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine the instrument as a woman called Joanna, since players often give instruments female names, so the name came to mean the piano.