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   piece

   /piːs/

   noun

   • 1. a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole: "a piece of cheese" Similar bitsectionslicechunksegmentlumphunkwedgeslabknobblockcakebartabletbrickcubesticklengthoffcutsampleparticlefragmentflakesliversplinterwaferchipcrumbgrainspeckscrapremnantshredshardsnippetmitemouthfulmorselinformal:wodge
   • ▪ an item used in constructing something: "take a car to pieces" Similar componentpartbitsectionsegmentconstituentelementunitmodule
   • ▪ an item forming part of a set: "a piece of luggage" Similar componentpartbitsectionsegmentconstituentelementunitmodule
   • ▪ a financial share: "each employee owns a piece of the company" Similar sharesliceportionquotapartbitpercentageamountquantityrationfractiondivisionsubdivisionallocationallotmentmeasureapportionmentinformal:cutwhackrake-offrare:quantummoiety
   • 2. a written, musical, or artistic creation: "a haunting piece of music" Similar work of artworkmusical workcompositioncreationproductionopusarticleitemstoryreportessaystudyreviewcompositionpapercolumn
   • 3. an instance or example: "a crucial piece of evidence" Similar examplespecimensampleinstanceillustrationoccurrencecase
   • 4. a coin of specified value: "a 10p piece"
   • 5. a figure or token used to make moves in a board game: "a chess piece" Similar tokencountermandiscchipmarker
   • ▪ a king, queen, bishop, knight, or rook, as opposed to a pawn: "indicate which piece or pawn is taken"
   • 6. a firearm. informal North American
   • 7. a woman. offensive
   • 8. a sandwich or other item of food taken as a snack. Scottish

   verb

   • 1. assemble something from parts or pieces: "the dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones"
   • ▪ slowly make sense of something from separate pieces of evidence: "Daniel had pieced the story together from the radio"
   • 2. extend something: archaic "his coming and assisting them was like a cordial given to a dying man, which doth piece out his life"
   • 3. patch (something): archaic "if it be broken it must be pieced"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French piece (compare with medieval Latin pecia, petium), of obscure ultimate origin.

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   What does a piece Mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! PIECE definition: 1. a part of something: 2. a single object of a particular type: 3. an item of clothing…. Learn more.

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   What is a piece in a sentence?

   • Piece definition: a separate or limited portion or quantity of something. See examples of PIECE used in a sentence.

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   What is the difference between a bit and a piece?

   • 1. an amount or portion forming a separate mass or structure; bit: a piece of wood. 2. a small part, item, or amount forming part of a whole, esp when broken off or separated: a piece of bread. 3. (Commerce) a length by which a commodity is sold, esp cloth, wallpaper, etc 4. an instance or occurrence: a piece of luck.

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   What is piece slang?

   • US slang He was carrying a piece when he was arrested. Piece words make it possible to talk about a single unit or units of something which is seen as uncountable. Piece words include words such as piece, bit, item, article. We normally use them with of. We can use them in the singular or the plural. …

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   What is a piece of an object?

   • A piece of an object is one of the individual parts or sections which it is made of, especially a part that can be removed. ...assembling objects out of standard pieces. The equipment was taken down the shaft in pieces. A piece of land is an area of land.

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   What is a countable piece?

   • [countable] piece (of something) (used especially with uncountable nouns) a single item of a particular type, especially one that forms part of a set [countable] piece of something used with many uncountable nouns to describe a single example or an amount of something This is a superb piece of work. It was an interesting piece of research.

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   noun. 1. an amount or portion forming a separate mass or structure; bit. a piece of wood. 2. a small part, item, or amount forming part of a whole, esp when broken off or separated. a piece of bread. 3. a length by which a commodity is sold, esp cloth, wallpaper, etc.

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   a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a nice piece of lumber. a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole: to cut a blueberry pie into six pieces. a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market: cloth sold by the piece.

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   1. A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion: a piece of string. 2. A portion or part that has been separated from a whole: a piece of pie. 3. An object that is one member of a group or class: a piece of furniture. 4.

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