Associations to the word «Pianoforte»

Wiktionary

PIANOFORTE, noun. (music) (dated) A piano.

Dictionary definition

PIANOFORTE, noun. A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats