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NOUN | 1 | piece | A separate part of a whole |
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2 | piece | An item that is an instance of some type | |
3 | piece, part | A portion of a natural object | |
4 | piece, musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music | A musical work that has been created | |
5 | piece, bit | An instance of some kind | |
6 | piece | An artistic or literary composition | |
7 | piece, firearm, small-arm | A portable gun | |
8 | piece, slice | A serving that has been cut from a larger portion | |
9 | piece | A distance | |
10 | piece, objet d'art, art object | A work of art of some artistic value | |
11 | piece, while, spell, patch | A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | |
12 | piece, slice | A share of something | |
13 | piece, man | Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games | |
VERB | 1 | piece, patch | To join or unite the pieces of |
2 | piece, assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together | Make by putting pieces together | |
3 | piece | Join during spinning | |
4 | piece, nibble, pick | Eat intermittently | |
5 | piece, patch | Repair by adding pieces |
Sounds | piy's |
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Rhymes | altarpiece, apiece, caprice, and 34 more rhymes in iys at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A separate part of a whole. |
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Examples | "an important piece of the evidence" |
Narrower | piece of cloth, piece of material; piece of leather; scrap; shard, sherd, fragment; snip, snippet, snipping |
Broader | part, portion |
Verbs | piece; piece; piece |
Meaning | An item that is an instance of some type. |
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Examples | "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china"; |
Broader | item |
Meaning | A portion of a natural object. |
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Examples | "he needed a piece of granite" |
Synonyms | part |
Part of | unit, building block |
Narrower | body part; corpus; acicula; base; corner; craton; cutting; fragment; hunk, lump; nub, stub; segment; slice; strip; world |
Broader | thing |
Meaning | A musical work that has been created. |
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Synonyms | musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music |
Parts | finale, coda |
Narrower | morceau; sheet music; musical arrangement, arrangement; realization, realisation; intermezzo; solo; duet, duette, duo; trio; quartet, quartette; quintet, quintette; sextet, sextette, sestet; septet, septette; octet, octette; bagatelle; divertimento, serenade; canon; etude; pastorale, pastoral, idyll; toccata; fantasia; passage, musical passage; allegro; movement; largo; larghetto; suite; symphonic poem, tone poem; medley, potpourri, pastiche; nocturne; adagio; song; study; capriccio; motet; program music, programme music |
Broader | music |
Meaning | An instance of some kind. |
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Examples | "it was a nice piece of work" |
Synonyms | bit |
Broader | case, instance, example |
Meaning | An artistic or literary composition. |
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Examples | "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" |
Narrower | article; morceau; afterpiece; fragment; hiatus |
Broader | creation |
Meaning | A portable gun. |
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Synonyms | firearm, small-arm |
Parts | firing pin; lock; sight |
Narrower | autoloader, self-loader; machine gun; muzzle loader; pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron; repeating firearm, repeater; rifle; riot gun; shotgun, scattergun; twenty-two, .22 |
Broader | gun |
Meaning | A serving that has been cut from a larger portion. |
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Examples | "a piece of pie" |
Synonyms | slice |
Narrower | cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop; fillet, filet, fish fillet, fish filet |
Broader | helping, portion, serving |
Verbs | piece |
Meaning | A distance. |
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Examples | "it is down the road a piece" |
Broader | distance |
Meaning | A work of art of some artistic value. |
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Examples | "it is not known who created this piece" |
Synonyms | objet d'art, art object |
Narrower | virtu |
Broader | work of art |
Meaning | A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition. |
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Examples | "I need to rest for a piece" |
Synonyms | while, spell, patch |
Narrower | cold spell, cold snap; hot spell; snap |
Broader | time |
Meaning | A share of something. |
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Synonyms | slice |
Broader | share, portion, part, percentage |
Meaning | Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games. |
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Examples | "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" |
Synonyms | man |
Narrower | black; checker; chessman, chess piece; white |
Broader | game equipment |
Meaning | To join or unite the pieces of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something |
Model | They piece the cape |
Synonyms | patch |
Narrower | vamp, vamp up |
Broader | join, conjoin |
Nouns | piece |
Meaning | Make by putting pieces together. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "She pieced a quilt" |
Synonyms | assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together |
Narrower | confect, confection, comfit; jumble, confuse, mix up; reassemble; configure; compound; rig up |
Broader | join, bring together; make, create |
Contrary | disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart |
Nouns | piece |
Meaning | Join during spinning. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings" |
Broader | splice |
Meaning | Eat intermittently. Take small bites of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "He pieced at the sandwich all morning" |
Synonyms | nibble, pick |
Broader | eat |
Nouns | piece |
Meaning | Repair by adding pieces. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "She pieced the china cup" |
Synonyms | patch |
Broader | repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on |
Nouns | piece |