piece

Plural: pieces

Noun

• a separate part of a whole
  • "an important piece of the evidence"
• an item that is an instance of some type
  • "he designed a new piece of equipment"
  • "she bought a lovely piece of china"
• a portion of a natural object
  • "he needed a piece of granite"
• a musical work that has been created
• an instance of some kind
  • "it was a nice piece of work"
• an artistic or literary composition
  • "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"
  • "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
• a portable gun
• a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
  • "a piece of pie"
• a distance
  • "it is down the road a piece"
• a work of art of some artistic value
  • "it is not known who created this piece"
• a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
  • "I need to rest for a piece"
• a share of something
• game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
  • "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
• A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
• A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
• One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
• A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
• An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
• An article published in the press.
• An artillery gun.
• A gun.
• A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
• A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
• A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
• A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
• A cannabis pipe.
• Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
• An individual; a person.
• A castle; a fortified building.
• A pacifier; a dummy.
• A distance.
• A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
• An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
• An ounce of a recreational drug.

Verb

Verb Forms: pieced, piecing, pieces

• To join or mend fragments to form a whole.
• to join or unite the pieces of
• create by putting components or members together
  • "She pieced a quilt"
• join during spinning
  • "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
• eat intermittently; take small bites of
  • "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"
• repair by adding pieces
  • "She pieced the china cup"
• To assemble (something real or figurative).
• To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
• To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
• To eat small quantities of food between meals; to snack; to take small or intermittent bites at a food item.

Examples

• a fair piece off
• a far piece
• a piece of machinery
• a piece of software
• a sixpenny piece
• a useful piece of advice
• At practice we rowed four 5,000 meter pieces.
• he got a piece of that one; she got a piece of the ball[…]and it's going foul.
• He tried to PIECE together a bingo from his leftover letters.
• He's packin' a piece!
• I got a piece at lunchtime.
• I've lost a piece of this jigsaw puzzle.
• I’d like another piece of pie.
• located a fair piece away from their camp
• She played two beautiful pieces on the piano.
• That last piece was torture.
• The announcer is wearing a new piece.
• These clues allowed us to piece together the solution to the mystery.
• to piece a garment
• Today's paper has an interesting piece on medical research.
• Ugh, my new computer is such a piece. I'm taking it back to the store tomorrow.

Synonyms

art object, assemble, bit, composition, firearm, man, musical composition, nibble, objet d'art, opus, part, patch, pick, piece of music, put together, set up, slice, small-arm, spell, tack, tack together, while, bink, binky, bo-bo, chip, chunk, clip, comforter, component, crumb, crumbling, cutting, dodie, dummy, eat, flake, fleak, fragment, fret, game piece, have, hunk, lump, mammock, musical piece, musical work, nookie, nosh, ort, paci, piece, piecemeal, pippy, portion, scrap, scraplet, snead, snippet, soother, steck, work of music

Antonyms

disassemble

Related Words

asunder, bishop, bit, board game piece, broken, castle, chunk, king, knight, modicum, pawn, peace, queen, rook