1. A separate part of a whole
   "an important piece of the evidence"
    
2. An item that is an instance of some type
   "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
   - part
    
3. A portion of a natural object
   "he needed a piece of granite";
   - part
    
4. A musical work that has been created
   "the piece is written in four movements";
   - musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music
    
5. A serving that has been cut from a larger portion
   "a piece of pie";
   - slice
    
6. A share of something
   "a piece of the company's revenue";
   - slice
    
7. An artistic or literary composition
   "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
    
8. A work of art of some artistic value
   "it is not known who created this piece";
   - objet d'art, art object, objet
    
9. Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
   "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage";
   - man
    
10. A portable gun
    "he wore his piece in a shoulder holster";
    - firearm, small-arm
     
11. A distance
    "it is down the road a piece"
     
12. A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
    "I need to rest for a piece";
    - while, spell, patch
     
13. An instance of some kind
    "it was a nice piece of work";
    - bit

1. Create by putting components or members together
   "She pieced a quilt";
   - assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together
    
2. To join or unite the pieces of
   "piece the skirt";
   - patch
    
3. Join during spinning
   "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
    
4. Repair by adding pieces
   "She pieced the china cup";
   - patch
    
5. Eat intermittently; take small bites of
   "He pieced at the sandwich all morning";
   - nibble, pick

1. The outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
   "The rare stamp was the pièce de résistance of his philatelic collection";
   - collector's item, showpiece
    
2. The most important dish of a meal
   "The chef's pièce de résistance was a delicate soufflé"

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Derived forms: pieces, piecing, pieced

Type of: bushel [US], case, conjoin [formal], create, creation, curio, curiosity, dish, distance, doctor [informal], eat, example, fix, game equipment, gun, helping, instance, item, join, make, mend, music, oddity, oddment, part, peculiarity, percentage, portion, rarity, repair, serving, share, splice, thing, time, work of art

Part of: building block, unit

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