PIECE

(noun) a portable gun
"he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
synonyms : firearm , small-arm
(noun) 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"
synonyms : man
(noun) a work of art of some artistic value
"this store sells only objets d'art", "it is not known who created this piece"
synonyms : art object , objet d'art
(noun) a separate part of a whole
"an important piece of the evidence"
(noun) an item that is an instance of some type
"he designed a new piece of equipment", "she bought a lovely piece of china"
(noun) a distance
"it is down the road a piece"
(noun) an artistic or literary composition
"he wrote an interesting piece on Iran", "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
(noun) a musical work that has been created
"the composition is written in four movements"
synonyms : composition , musical composition , opus , piece of music
(noun) an instance of some kind
"it was a nice piece of work", "he had a bit of good luck"
synonyms : bit
(noun) a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
"a piece of pie", "a slice of bread"
synonyms : slice
(noun) a portion of a natural object
"they analyzed the river into three parts", "he needed a piece of granite"
synonyms : part
(noun) a share of something
"a slice of the company's revenue"
synonyms : slice
(noun) 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"
synonyms : patch , spell , while
(verb) repair by adding pieces
"She pieced the china cup"
synonyms : patch
(verb) eat intermittently; take small bites of
"He pieced at the sandwich all morning", "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
synonyms : nibble , pick
(verb) join during spinning
"piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
(verb) to join or unite the pieces of
"patch the skirt"
synonyms : patch
(verb) create by putting components or members together
"She pieced a quilt", "He tacked together some verses", "They set up a committee"
synonyms : assemble , put together , set up , tack , tack together

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