noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A piano made by Steinway & Sons, a German-American piano company founded in 1853 in New York City by German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg.

   "After supper — which is a lengthy, spoon-fed, dribblesome business — he likes to play Schubert or Brahms on the Steinway in the conservatory."

Synonyms

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Example

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"The 21st century composition was so discordant that it felt as though the performer was murdering the Steinway grand piano."

Etymology

From the surname of the piano maker, a German immigrant to Manhattan whose original surname was Steinweg.

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