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What is "piece" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does piece mean in English? Meaning of piece definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "piece" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "piece": a separate part of a whole

Noun

  • Meaning: a separate part of a whole
  • Example: an important piece of the evidence
  • Synonyms: piece
  • Hyponyms: beam fragment piece of cloth piece of leather piece of material scrap shard sherd snip snippet snipping spindle
  • Hypernyms: part portion

    • Meaning of "piece": to join or unite the pieces of

    Verb

  • Meaning: to join or unite the pieces of
  • Example: patch the skirt
  • Synonyms: patch piece
  • Hyponyms: vamp vamp up
  • Hypernyms: conjoin join

    • Meaning of "piece": an item that is an instance of some type

    Noun

  • Meaning: an item that is an instance of some type
  • Example: he designed a new piece of equipment she bought a lovely piece of china
  • Synonyms: piece
  • Hypernyms: item

    • Meaning of "piece": create by putting components or members together

    Verb

  • Meaning: create by putting components or members together
  • Example: She pieced a quilt He tacked together some verses They set up a committee
  • Synonyms: assemble piece put together set up tack tack together
  • Hyponyms: comfit compound confect confection configure confuse jumble mix up reassemble rig up
  • Hypernyms: bring together create join make
  • Antonyms: break apart break up disassemble dismantle take apart

    • Meaning of "piece": a portion of a natural object

    Noun

  • Meaning: a portion of a natural object
  • Example: they analyzed the river into three parts he needed a piece of granite
  • Synonyms: part piece
  • Hyponyms: acicula base body part corner corpus craton cutting fragment hunk lump nub segment slice strip stub world
  • Hypernyms: thing
  • Instance Hyponyms: north atlantic north pacific south atlantic south pacific

    • Meaning of "piece": join during spinning

    Verb

  • Meaning: join during spinning
  • Example: piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings
  • Synonyms: piece
  • Hypernyms: splice

    • Meaning of "piece": a musical work that has been created

    Noun

  • Meaning: a musical work that has been created
  • Example: the composition is written in four movements
  • Synonyms: composition musical composition opus piece piece of music
  • Hyponyms: adagio allegretto allegro andante arrangement bagatelle canon capriccio divertimento duet duette duo etude fantasia idyl idyll incidental music intermezzo introit larghetto largo medley morceau motet movement musical arrangement musical passage nocturne notturno octet octette passage pastiche pastoral pastorale potpourri program music programme music quartet quartette quintet quintette realisation realization septet septette serenade sestet sextet sextette sheet music solo song study suite symphonic poem toccata tone poem trio vocal
  • Hypernyms: music
  • Part Holonyms: coda finale

    • Meaning of "piece": eat intermittently; take small bites of

    Verb

  • Meaning: eat intermittently; take small bites of
  • Example: He pieced at the sandwich all morning She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
  • Synonyms: nibble pick piece
  • Hypernyms: eat

    • Meaning of "piece": an instance of some kind

    Noun

  • Meaning: an instance of some kind
  • Example: it was a nice piece of work he had a bit of good luck
  • Synonyms: bit piece
  • Hypernyms: case example instance

    • Meaning of "piece": repair by adding pieces

    Verb

  • Meaning: repair by adding pieces
  • Example: She pieced the china cup
  • Synonyms: patch piece
  • Hypernyms: bushel doctor fix furbish up mend repair restore touch on

    • Meaning of "piece": an artistic or literary composition

    Noun

  • Meaning: an artistic or literary composition
  • Example: he wrote an interesting piece on Iran the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests
  • Synonyms: piece
  • Hyponyms: afterpiece article fragment hiatus morceau
  • Hypernyms: creation

    • Meaning of "piece": a portable gun

    Noun

  • Meaning: a portable gun
  • Example: he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster
  • Synonyms: firearm piece small-arm
  • Hyponyms: .22 autoloader handgun muzzle loader pistol repeater repeating firearm rifle riot gun scattergun self-loader shooting iron shotgun side arm smoothbore twenty-two
  • Hypernyms: gun
  • Part Holonyms: firing pin lock sights

    • Meaning of "piece": a serving that has been cut from a larger portion

    Noun

  • Meaning: a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
  • Example: a piece of pie a slice of bread
  • Synonyms: piece slice
  • Hyponyms: cutlet escallop filet fillet fish filet fish fillet scallop scollop
  • Hypernyms: helping portion serving

    • Meaning of "piece": a distance

    Noun

  • Meaning: a distance
  • Example: it is down the road a piece
  • Synonyms: piece
  • Hypernyms: distance

    • Meaning of "piece": a work of art of some artistic value

    Noun

  • Meaning: a work of art of some artistic value
  • Example: this store sells only objets d'art it is not known who created this piece
  • Synonyms: art object objet d'art piece
  • Hyponyms: virtu
  • Hypernyms: work of art

    • Meaning of "piece": a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

    Noun

  • Meaning: a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
  • Example: he was here for a little while I need to rest for a piece a spell of good weather a patch of bad weather
  • Synonyms: patch piece spell while
  • Hyponyms: cold snap cold spell hot spell snap
  • Hypernyms: time

    • Meaning of "piece": a share of something

    Noun

  • Meaning: a share of something
  • Example: a slice of the company's revenue
  • Synonyms: piece slice
  • Hypernyms: part percentage portion share

    • Meaning of "piece": game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games

    Noun

  • Meaning: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
  • Example: he taught me to set up the men on the chess board he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage
  • Synonyms: man piece
  • Hyponyms: black checker chequer chess piece chessman tile white
  • Hypernyms: game equipment

    • Synonyms:

    slice, specimen, fragment, chunk, example, sample, item, portion, hunk, lot, scrap, bit, segment, section, quantity, morsel, dole, moiety, parcel, cut, end, bite, gob, member, instance, fraction, percentage, iota, division, interest, share, quota, lump, half, length, shred, allotment, smithereen, photograph, work, sketch, paper, item, theme, part, statue, print, article, bit, painting, engraving, dissertation, treatise, song, study, creation, vignette, arrangement, discourse, production, exposition, treatment, thesis, composition, icon, lines, assemble, compose, restore, join, repair, fix, unite, patch, combine, mend, create, make,

    Antonyms:

    whole, entirety, whole, destruction, ruin, disperse, scatter, damage, destroy, ruin, break, hurt, divide, separate,

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