Piece
WordNet
noun
(1) A portable gun
"He wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
(2) Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
"He taught me to set up the men on the chess board"
"He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
(3) A work of art of some artistic value
"This store sells only objets d'art"
"It is not known who created this piece"
(4) A separate part of a whole
"An important piece of the evidence"
(5) An item that is an instance of some type
"He designed a new piece of equipment"
"She bought a lovely piece of china";
(6) A distance
"It is down the road a piece"
(7) An artistic or literary composition
"He wrote an interesting piece on Iran"
"The children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
(8) A musical work that has been created
"The composition is written in four movements"
(9) An instance of some kind
"It was a nice piece of work"
"He had a bit of good luck"
(10) A serving that has been cut from a larger portion
"A piece of pie"
"A slice of bread"
(11) A portion of a natural object
"They analyzed the river into three parts"
"He needed a piece of granite"
(12) A share of something
"A slice of the company's revenue"
(13) A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
"He was here for a little while"
"I need to rest for a piece"
"A spell of good weather"
"A patch of bad weather"
verb
(14) Repair by adding pieces
"She pieced the china cup"
(15) Eat intermittently; take small bites of
"He pieced at the sandwich all morning"
"She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
(16) Join during spinning
"Piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
(17) To join or unite the pieces of
"Patch the skirt"
(18) Create by putting components or members together
"She pieced a quilt"
"He tacked together some verses"
"They set up a committee"
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Etymology
pece, from , from pettia, petium, from Gaulish petsi 'thing, part' (cf. 'thing', 'id.', 'part'), from pet 'what' (cf. Old Irish ced, peth 'what', pet 'how many'). Replaced stucche from stycce. More at stucco
Noun
- 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: as, for example, a piece of machinery, a piece of software.
- One of the small objects played in board games, eg a pawn or a draught.
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- (plural) sandwiches, packed lunch.
- A sexual encounter.
- I got a piece at lunchtime.
- A gun.
- He's packin' a piece!
- An artillery gun.
- A cannabis pipe.
- (short for "piece of crap") a shoddy or worthless object, usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances.
- Ucch, my new car is a piece!
- (short for hairpiece) a toupee or wig
- Admit it, you're wearing a piece.
Verb
- (usually with "together"): To reassemble something (real or metaphorically.)