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"Piacenza":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"commune in northern Italy on the Po River southeast of Milan population 284,616":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"py\u00e4-\u02c8chen-s\u00e4"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082535"
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},
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"piano accordion":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an accordion with a keyboard for the right hand resembling and corresponding to the middle register of a piano keyboard":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In the first official photo of him in character, shared exclusively with PEOPLE last month, Radcliffe intently plays a piano accordion while in full costume \u2014 glasses, wig and all. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"Klezmer orchestra members will include Richard Shapiro on piano accordion , Mike Gold on clarinet, Benny Slapak on guitar, Alexander Mikhaylovsky on violin and Herman Barski on drums. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Dec. 2019",
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"In the 1940s and 1950s, the piano accordion (with piano-style keys) had been king, and the company wanted him to bring the instrument\u2019s popularity back. \u2014 Daniel Sheehy, Smithsonian , 22 Dec. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083709"
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},
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"piano hinge":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a hinge that has a thin pin joint and extends along the full length of the part to be moved":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For larger windows or sliding doors, attach two pieces of plywood together with 2x4's or a piano hinge . \u2014 Sun-Sentinel.com , 6 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112800"
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},
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"pianograph":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a melograph applied to a piano":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"p\u0113\u02c8an\u0259\u02ccgraf",
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"-r\u0227f"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"piano entry 3 + -graph":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120146"
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},
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"piano assai":{
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": very softly":[
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"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0259\u02c8s\u012b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130143"
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},
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"Piano":{
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"type":[
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"adverb or adjective",
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"biographical name",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": at a soft volume : soft":[
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"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
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],
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"Renzo 1937\u2013 Italian architect":[],
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": a musical instrument having steel wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers operated from a keyboard":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"p\u0113-\u02c8a-n\u014d",
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"p\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
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"also -\u02c8\u00e4-",
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"p\u0113-\u02c8a-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Do you play the piano ",
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"He takes piano lessons on Wednesdays.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Ariel had always been an amateur music lover, noodling around on the family\u2019s piano and insisting that Yuval (but, for some reason, neither of his siblings) stick with lessons. \u2014 New York Times , 7 July 2022",
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"The name alludes to four-handed duet pieces played by two people on the same piano , pulling from Acevedo\u2019s musical experience. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2022",
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"His father was a lawyer and amateur violinist, and his mother had taught piano in her youth. \u2014 Tim Page, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
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"Sadly, this option required adding piano black accents, but with the classy brown wood, the concession seemed worth it. \u2014 Car and Driver , 29 June 2022",
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"The song features backing vocals and piano from Mineral\u2019s Chris Simpson and guitar and organ from Christie Front Drive\u2019s Kerry McDonald. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 28 June 2022",
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"After starting behind the piano , Franklin joined the festivities and enthralled the crowd with his high-octane energy and passionate declarations. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 27 June 2022",
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"This is why John Lennon\u2019s piano sold for over $2 million, and why U.S. Rep. Bob Brady took the glass of water from which Pope Francis had drank during a 2015 address to the U.S. Congress and later shared it with his family. \u2014 Dimitris Xygalatas, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
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"Robert Glasper got genre-crossing MVP marks for getting in some splendid jazz piano as well as participating in a more straightforward R&B performance. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 20 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian, from Late Latin planus smooth, from Latin, level \u2014 more at floor":"Adverb or adjective",
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"Italian, short for pianoforte , from gravicembalo col piano e forte , literally, harpsichord with soft and loud; from the fact that its tones could be varied in loudness":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1683, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective",
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"1772, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134410"
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},
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"pianola":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": player piano":[
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"\u2026 on my pianola I can test any piece by the simple expedient of seeing it played by any pianist of the first order.",
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"\u2014 Harold Laski , Holmes-Laski Letters, 1916\u201335 , 1953"
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],
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": a deal or hand (as in contract) that offers no difficulty in the play":[],
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": something easy to perform or accomplish : cinch":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccp\u0113\u0259\u02c8n\u014dl\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from Pianola , formerly a trademark":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140457"
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},
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"piano legs":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": fat or disproportionately thick legs":[
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"some were bowlegged and some were knock-kneed, some had pipestems and some piano legs",
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"\u2014 Esther Forbes"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195421"
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},
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"pia mater":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the thin vascular membrane that invests the brain and spinal cord internal to the arachnoid and dura mater":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8m\u0101t-\u0259r",
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"\u02c8p\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccm\u00e4-",
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"\u02c8p\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, tender mother":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232211"
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},
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"piacevole":{
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pleasantly , agreeably":[
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"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"py\u00e4\u02c8ch\u0101v\u0259\u02ccl\u0101"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian, from Late Latin placibilis from Latin plac\u0113re to please + -ibilis -ible":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235232"
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},
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"piano":{
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"type":[
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"adverb or adjective",
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"biographical name",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": at a soft volume : soft":[
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"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
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],
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"Renzo 1937\u2013 Italian architect":[],
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": a musical instrument having steel wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers operated from a keyboard":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"p\u0113-\u02c8a-n\u014d",
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"p\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
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"also -\u02c8\u00e4-",
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"p\u0113-\u02c8a-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Do you play the piano ",
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"He takes piano lessons on Wednesdays.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Ariel had always been an amateur music lover, noodling around on the family\u2019s piano and insisting that Yuval (but, for some reason, neither of his siblings) stick with lessons. \u2014 New York Times , 7 July 2022",
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"The name alludes to four-handed duet pieces played by two people on the same piano , pulling from Acevedo\u2019s musical experience. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2022",
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"His father was a lawyer and amateur violinist, and his mother had taught piano in her youth. \u2014 Tim Page, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
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"Sadly, this option required adding piano black accents, but with the classy brown wood, the concession seemed worth it. \u2014 Car and Driver , 29 June 2022",
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"The song features backing vocals and piano from Mineral\u2019s Chris Simpson and guitar and organ from Christie Front Drive\u2019s Kerry McDonald. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 28 June 2022",
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"After starting behind the piano , Franklin joined the festivities and enthralled the crowd with his high-octane energy and passionate declarations. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 27 June 2022",
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"This is why John Lennon\u2019s piano sold for over $2 million, and why U.S. Rep. Bob Brady took the glass of water from which Pope Francis had drank during a 2015 address to the U.S. Congress and later shared it with his family. \u2014 Dimitris Xygalatas, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
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"Robert Glasper got genre-crossing MVP marks for getting in some splendid jazz piano as well as participating in a more straightforward R&B performance. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 20 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian, from Late Latin planus smooth, from Latin, level \u2014 more at floor":"Adverb or adjective",
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"Italian, short for pianoforte , from gravicembalo col piano e forte , literally, harpsichord with soft and loud; from the fact that its tones could be varied in loudness":"Noun"
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},
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"1683, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective",
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"1772, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003738"
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},
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"pianofortist":{
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"type":[
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": pianist":[]
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"p\u0113\u02c8an\u0259\u02ccf\u014drt\u0259\u0307st"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025603"
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}
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