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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