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Adjective piano has 1 sense

piano, soft - used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the piano passages in the composition"
Antonyms: forte, loud, fortemente, fortissimo

Adverbial piano has 1 sense

piano, softly - used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly
Antonyms: forte, loudly
Derived from adjective piano₁

Noun piano has 2 senses

piano, pianoforte, forte-piano - a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
--₁ is a kind of stringed instrument; percussion instrument, percussive instrument
--₁ has parts:
fall board, fall-board; keyboard; piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier; soft pedal; sounding board, soundboard; sustaining pedal, loud pedal
--₁ has particulars:
grand piano, grand; mechanical piano, Pianola, player piano; upright, upright piano
piano, pianissimo - (music) low loudness
--₂ is a kind of softness