baby grand piano
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- noun
- /ˈbeɪbi ɡrænd piˈænoʊ/
:
piano de cola pequeño
- Hard to believe there's two white baby grand pianos in Los Angeles.
- a white baby grand piano
- a black baby grand piano
- room with a baby grand piano
Examples
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This beautiful baby grand piano sits elegantly in the corner of the living room.
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This is a baby grand piano, a rehearsal instrument.
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On Christmas Eve, my grandparents' living room and the baby grand piano, with gifts piled high, spilling off, stacked on the floor, became the center of the family.
Fiction book (1992) -
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) -
The foyer was dominated by a large hall tree, and the living room contained not only antique bookcases and china cabinets but a pristine Victrola and a beautiful baby grand piano.
Fiction book (1991) -
She dreamed of performing on the baby grand piano at her grandmother's house.
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He practiced daily on his new baby grand piano, hoping to play at the local concert.
Synonyms
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A small grand piano that fits in small rooms
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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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'baby' conveys smallness and 'grand piano' denotes the specific type of piano, so together they mean a small grand piano. This follows normal nominal modification patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Baby grand piano comes from the simple idea of a small baby version of a larger grand piano, like a child and a parent, so it looks the same but is smaller. That's why the phrase means 'a small grand piano' that fits in a home.