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Ryan and Anna lost their own home as well: The water reached the ceiling in the first floor and knocked down walls, even lifting his upright piano and pushing it onto a staircase in another room.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Family photos are displayed on every shelf and eclectic collections of music − from country music hits of the 1960s to Christmas carols − are stacked on the upright piano.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
Dropping in for a dinner break from work along with another Sun reporter, Mr. Grover went over to an old upright piano in a side room.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
Oher begins transforming from a football neophyte raised on the streets into an offensive lineman with the strength of Zeus, the nimbleness of Mikhail Baryshnikov and the size of an upright piano.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1805, in the meaning defined above
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“Upright piano.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upright%20piano. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
upright piano
noun
: a piano whose strings run vertically
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