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piano wire
noun
- a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of piano wire1
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Example Sentences
Suddenly the pool exploded into motion, the water frothed and flashed white and the line in his hand sang like a piano wire.
I broke all the teeth out of the comb because it was never intended to be pulled through a thicket of piano wire.
The framework was of oak and poplar spliced and reinforced with piano wire; the weight of the machine was 47 lbs.
This cutting wire (piano wire is the kind) is made taut upon the bench, by being attached to two screws.
For illustrating this principle a steel piano wire has been selected as being the simplest and the most easily understood.
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