Meaning of 'piece'

noun

a portable gun

Synonyms: firearm

noun

game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games

Synonyms: man

noun

a work of art of some artistic value

Synonyms: objet d'art art object

noun

a separate part of a whole

Example: "an important piece of the evidence"

noun

an item that is an instance of some type

Example: "I designed a new piece of equipment."

noun

a distance

Example: "it is down the road a piece"

noun

an artistic or literary composition

Example: "They wrote an interesting piece on gender equality."

noun

a musical work that has been created

Synonyms: musical composition opus piece of music composition

noun

an instance of some kind

Example: "it was a nice piece of work"

Synonyms: bit

noun

a serving that has been cut from a larger portion

Example: "a piece of pie"

Synonyms: slice

noun

a portion of a natural object

Synonyms: part

noun

a share of something

Synonyms: slice

noun

a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

Synonyms: patch

verb

repair by adding pieces

Example: "They pieced the china cup."

Synonyms: patch

verb

eat intermittently

Synonyms: pick

verb

join during spinning

Example: "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"

verb

to join or unite the pieces of

Synonyms: patch

verb

create by putting components or members together

Example: "They pieced a quilt."

Synonyms: tack