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Type Words
Synonyms patch
Type of touch on, mend, doctor, fix, furbish up, repair, restore, bushel


She pieced the china cup.
Type Words
Synonyms part
Type of thing
Has types fragment, world, acicula, cutting, lump, hunk, nub, strip, segment, corner, slice, corpus, craton, base, body part, stub


he needed a piece of granite.
Type Words
Synonyms nibble, pick
Type of eat


He pieced at the sandwich all morning.
Type Words
Synonyms part
Type of item


he designed a new piece of equipment.
she bought a lovely piece of china.
Type Words
Synonyms slice
Type of percentage, part, portion, share
Type Words
Synonyms patch, spell, while
Type of time
Has types snap, cold spell, cold snap, hot spell


I need to rest for a piece.
Type Words
Synonyms composition, musical composition, opus, piece of music
Type of music
Has types octet, octette, allegretto, allegro, andante, arrangement, vocal, bagatelle, trio, tone poem, toccata, symphonic poem, canon, capriccio, pastiche, passage, idyl, idyll, incidental music, intermezzo, introit, larghetto, largo, potpourri, pastorale, medley, morceau, motet, movement, musical arrangement, musical passage, nocturne, pastoral, notturno, suite, study, song, solo, sheet music, sextette, sextet, sestet, divertimento, duet, duette, duo, serenade, etude, fantasia, septette, septet, realization, realisation, quintette, quintet, quartette, quartet, adagio, programme music, program music
Type Words
Synonyms art object, objet d'art
Type of work of art
Has types virtu


it is not known who created this piece.
Type Words
Synonyms bit
Type of example, instance, case


it was a nice piece of work.
Type Words
Synonyms assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together
Type of create, join, make
Has types confect, rig up, reassemble, mix up, comfit, compound, confection, configure, confuse, jumble


She pieced a quilt.
Type Words
Synonyms firearm, small-arm
Type of gun
Has types .22, autoloader, handgun, muzzle loader, pistol, repeater, repeating firearm, rifle, riot gun, scattergun, self-loader, shooting iron, shotgun, side arm, smoothbore, twenty-two
Type Words
Synonyms man
Type of game equipment
Has types chequer, tile, checker, chess piece, white, chessman, black


he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage.
Type Words
Synonyms patch
Type of join, conjoin
Has types vamp up, vamp
Type Words
Synonyms slice
Type of portion, helping, serving
Has types scollop, cutlet, scallop, escallop, filet, fillet, fish filet, fish fillet


a piece of pie.
Type Words
Type of distance


it is down the road a piece.
Type Words
Type of creation
Has types fragment, hiatus, article, morceau, afterpiece


he wrote an interesting piece on Iran.
the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests.
Type Words
Type of portion, part
Has types shard, piece of material, piece of leather, snip, snippet, snipping, piece of cloth, scrap, spindle, fragment, sherd, beam


an important piece of the evidence.
Type Words
Type of splice


piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings.

Examples of piece

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Turning from sets to people, acting in an ensemble piece can be tricky business.
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They have a piece of paper from CBO that they contorted to suggest that it does.
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It's a piece of the bedrock upon which the future of spaceflight is being built.
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For example, if the contest requires an index card, don't send a piece of paper.
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Starks, however, will not be the vital piece to the puzzle against the Steelers.
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Life on the road selling dental supplies is no piece of cake for Cindy Siragusa.
From the democratandchronicle.com
I'd found a piece of land and a developer who was going to do a building for me.
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Sometimes your piece is playing limited minutes, giving the starters a breather.
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Cut a piece of matching ribbon slightly shorter than the diameter of the circle.
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More examples
  • A separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"
  • Patch: to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
  • An item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
  • Assemble: create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
  • Join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
  • Part: a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
  • This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. Some of these have their own pages, like fork and pin. ...
  • (Pieces (art installation)) 'Pieces' is a diptych by the British artist and sculptor Baldrick Buckle. It was exhibited at the Europlaza, Pakhuis De Zwijger Amsterdam in 2007. ...
  • (Pieces (band)) Pieces is a band consisting of experimental guitarist Buckethead and drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia. There is only one album released under this band name, the OOP Japan-only import I Need 5 Minutes Alone (1997).