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Definitions for Piece

[1] a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
[2] a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a nice piece of lumber.
[3] a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole: to cut a blueberry pie into six pieces.
[4] a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market: cloth sold by the piece.
[5] an amount of work forming a single job: to be paid by the piece and not by the hour.
[6] an example of workmanship, especially of artistic production, as a picture or a statue: The museum has some interesting pieces by Picasso.
[7] a literary or journalistic composition, usually short, in prose or verse.
[8] a literary selection for recitation: Each child had a chance to recite a piece.
[9] a musical composition.
[10] one of the parts that, when assembled, form a whole: the pieces of a clock.
[11] an individual article of a set or collection: a set of dishes containing 100 pieces.
[12] Chess , Checkers . one of the figures, disks, blocks, or the like, of wood, ivory, or other material, used in playing, as on a board or table. (in chess) a superior man, as distinguished from a pawn: to take a rook, a bishop, and other pieces.
[13] a token, charm, or amulet: a good-luck piece.
[14] an individual thing of a particular class or kind: a piece of furniture; a piece of drawing paper.
[15] an example, specimen, or instance of something: a fine piece of workmanship.
[16] one of the parts into which a thing is destructively divided or broken; a part, fragment, or shred: to tear a letter into pieces.
[17] Military . a soldier's rifle, pistol, etc. a cannon or other unit of ordnance: field piece.
[18] a coin: a five-cent piece.
[19] Midland and Southern U.S. a distance: I'm going down the road a piece.
[20] Chiefly North Midland U.S. a snack.
[21] Also called piece of ass Slang : Vulgar . Usually Disparaging and Offensive . a person, usually a woman, considered as a sexual partner: He finally got himself a piece of ass. sexual intercourse: He's always looking for piece of ass.
[22] to mend (a garment, article, etc.) by adding, joining, or applying a piece or pieces; patch.
[23] to complete, enlarge, or extend by an added piece or something additional (often followed by out ): to piece out a library with new books.
[24] to make by or as if by joining pieces (often followed by together ): to piece a quilt; to piece together a musical program.
[25] to join together, as pieces or parts: to piece together the fragments of a broken dish.
[26] to join as a piece or addition to something: to piece new wire into the cable.
[27] to assemble into a meaningful whole by combining available facts, information, details, etc.: He pieced the story together after a lot of effort.
[28] Chiefly North Midland U.S. to eat small portions of food between meals; snack.
[29] give someone a piece of one's mind . mind(def 38) .
[30] go to pieces , to break into fragments. to lose control of oneself; become emotionally or physically upset: When he flunked out of medical school he went to pieces.
[31] of a piece , of the same kind; harmonious; consistent. Also of one piece.
[32] piece of the action . action(def 23) .
[33] piece of work , an extraordinary person, especially one who has extremely negative qualities: She's a nasty piece of work!
[34] speak one's piece , to express one's opinion; reveal one's thoughts upon a subject: I decided to speak my piece whether they liked it or not.
[35] an amount or portion forming a separate mass or structure; bit a piece of wood
[36] a small part, item, or amount forming part of a whole, esp when broken off or separated a piece of bread
[37] a length by which a commodity is sold, esp cloth, wallpaper, etc
[38] an instance or occurrence a piece of luck
[39] slang a girl or woman regarded as an object of sexual attraction a nice piece
[40] an example or specimen of a style or type, such as an article of furniture a beautiful piece of Dresden china
[41] informal an opinion or point of view to state one's piece
[42] a literary, musical, or artistic composition
[43] a coin having a value as specified fifty-pence piece
[44] a small object, often individually shaped and designed, used in playing certain games, esp board games chess pieces
[45] a firearm or cannon (in combination ) fowling-piece
[46] any chessman other than a pawn
[47] US and Canadian a short time or distance down the road a piece
[48] Scot and English dialect a slice of bread or a sandwich a packed lunch taken to work, school, etc
[49] (usually plural) Australian and NZ fragments of fleece wool See also oddment (def. 2)
[50] give someone a piece of one's mind informal to criticize or censure someone frankly or vehemently
[51] go to pieces (of a person) to lose control of oneself; have a breakdown (of a building, organization, etc) to disintegrate
[52] nasty piece of work British informal a cruel or mean person
[53] of a piece of the same kind; alike
[54] piece of cake informal something easily obtained or achieved
[55] (often foll by together) to fit or assemble piece by piece
[56] (often foll by up) to patch or make up (a garment) by adding pieces
[57] textiles to join (broken threads) during spinning

Words related to Piece

slice, specimen, fragment, chunk, example, sample, item, portion, hunk, lot, scrap, bit, segment, section, quantity, photograph, work, sketch, paper, theme

Words nearby Piece

pie-dog, pie-eyed, pie-faced, piebald, piebaldness, piece, piece by piece, piece goods, piece of ass, piece of business, piece of cake

Origin of Piece

1175–1225; Middle English pece < Old French < Gaulish *pettia; akin to Breton pez piece, Welsh, Cornish peth thing

Words that may be confused with Piece

peace, piece

Other words from Piece

mul·ti·piece , adjective
un·pieced , adjective

Word origin for Piece

C13 pece, from Old French, of Gaulish origin; compare Breton pez piece, Welsh peth portion

Synonyms for Piece

bit, chunk, example, fragment, hunk, item, lot, portion, quantity, sample, scrap, section, segment, slice, specimen, allotment, bite, cut, division, dole, end, fraction, gob, half, instance, interest, iota, length, lump, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, percentage, quota, share, shred, smithereen