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| 1. | [ noun ] a separate part of a whole | |
| Examples: | : "an important piece of the evidence" |
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| Related terms: | part shard snip piece_of_leather piece_of_cloth scrap fag_end | |
| 2. | [ noun ] an item that is an instance of some type | |
| Examples: | "he designed a new piece of equipment" or "she bought a lovely piece of china" |
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| Related terms: | item | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a portion of a natural object | |
| Synonyms: | part | |
| Examples: | "they analyzed the river into three parts" "he needed a piece of granite" |
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| Related terms: | entity thing world strip fragment body_part base hunk corner craton acicula cutting corpus slice segment nub unit | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (music,fine art) a musical work that has been created | |
| Synonyms: | opus musical_composition composition piece_of_music | |
| Examples: | "the composition is written in four movements" |
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| Related terms: | music creation song movement passage suite fantasia trio quintet sheet_music sextet medley divertimento musical_arrangement study capriccio bagatelle program_music etude canon duet pastorale toccata quartet solo symphonic_poem largo nocturne septet adagio octet allegro intermezzo motet morceau realisation larghetto bravura finale compose | |
| 5. | [ noun ] an instance of some kind | |
| Synonyms: | bit | |
| Examples: | "it was a nice piece of work" "he had a bit of good luck" |
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| Related terms: | case | |
| 6. | [ noun ] an artistic or literary composition | |
| Examples: | "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran" "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" |
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| Related terms: | creation article afterpiece fragment hiatus morceau | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (arms) a portable gun | |
| Synonyms: | firearm small-arm | |
| Examples: | "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" |
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| Related terms: | gun rifle pistol machine_gun shotgun autoloader muzzle_loader repeating_firearm riot_gun twenty-two sight lock firing_pin | |
| 8. | [ verb ] to join or unite the pieces of | |
| Synonyms: | patch | |
| Examples: | "patch the skirt" |
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| Related terms: | join vamp patching | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (fine art) an object created by a sculptor | |
| Examples: | "it was not known who created the piece" |
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| Related terms: | sculpture | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (food) a serving that has been cut from a larger portion | |
| Synonyms: | slice | |
| Examples: | "a piece of pie" "a slice of bread" |
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| Related terms: | helping cutlet fillet slice | |
| 11. | [ noun ] a distance | |
| Examples: | "it is down the road a piece" |
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| Related terms: | distance | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (fine art) a work of art of some artistic value | |
| Synonyms: | objet_d'art art_object | |
| Examples: | "this store sells only objets d'art" "it is not known who created this piece" |
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| Related terms: | work_of_art virtu | |
| 13. | [ verb ] make by putting pieces together | |
| Synonyms: | assemble set_up put_together tack tack_together | |
| Examples: | "She pieced a quilt" "He tacked together some verses" |
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| Related terms: | disassemble make join reassemble rig_up jumble confect compound configure hookup | |
| 14. | [ verb ] (food) eat intermittently; take small bites of | |
| Synonyms: | munch pick nibble | |
| Examples: | "He pieced at the sandwich all morning" "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" |
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| Related terms: | gorge eat | |
| 15. | [ verb ] join during spinning, as of broken pieces of thread, slivers, or rovings | |
| Related terms: | splice | |
| 16. | [ noun ] a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | |
| Synonyms: | while spell patch | |
| Examples: | "he was here for a little while" "I need to rest for a piece" "a spell of good weather" "a patch of bad weather" |
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| Related terms: | time snap hot_spell cold_snap | |
| 17. | [ verb ] (food) eat intermittently; take small bites of | |
| Synonyms: | pick nibble | |
| Examples: | "He pieced at the sandwich all morning" "She never eats a full meal--she just picks at the food" |
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| Related terms: | eat | |
| 18. | [ verb ] repair by adding pieces | |
| Synonyms: | patch | |
| Examples: | "She pieced the china cup" |
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| Related terms: | repair | |
| 19. | [ noun ] a share of something | |
| Synonyms: | slice | |
| Examples: | "a slice of the company's revenue" |
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| Related terms: | share | |
| 20. | [ noun ] (games) game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games | |
| Synonyms: | man | |
| Examples: | "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board" "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" |
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| Related terms: | game_equipment chessman checker white black | |
| Similar spelling: |
Piche pic pike Pico pick pica pixie pique Picou picky pichi Picha Picea Piggee pix pij pig |
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