piece

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
    

• a share of something
  • a slice of the company's revenue
    

• 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
    

• a work of art of some artistic value
  • this store sells only objets d'art
    
  • it is not known who created this piece
    

• a distance
  • it is down the road a piece
    

• a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
  • a piece of pie
    
  • a slice of bread
    

• a portable gun
  • he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster
    

• an artistic or literary composition
  • he wrote an interesting piece on Iran
    
  • the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests
    

• an instance of some kind
  • it was a nice piece of work
    
  • he had a bit of good luck
    

• a musical work that has been created
  • the composition is written in four movements
    

• a portion of a natural object
  • they analyzed the river into three parts
    
  • he needed a piece of granite
    

• an item that is an instance of some type;
  • he designed a new piece of equipment
    
  • she bought a lovely piece of china
    

• a separate part of a whole
  • an important piece of the evidence
    

Verb

• repair by adding pieces
  • She pieced the china cup
    

• eat intermittently; take small bites of
  • He pieced at the sandwich all morning
    
  • She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
    

• join during spinning
  • piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings
    

• create by putting components or members together
  • She pieced a quilt
    
  • He tacked together some verses
    
  • They set up a committee
    

• to join or unite the pieces of
  • patch the skirt
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  man , slice , while , spell , patch , objet d'art , art object , firearm , small-arm , bit , musical composition , opus , composition , piece of music , part , nibble , pick , assemble , put together , set up , tack , tack together
• Antonyms: 
  disassemble , dismantle , take apart , break up , break apart