English dictionary
piece
nounPronunciation
piːs
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a portable gun
noun
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
noun
- a work of art of some artistic value
noun
- a separate part of a whole
noun
- an item that is an instance of some type
noun
- a distance
noun
- an artistic or literary composition
noun
- a musical work that has been created
noun
- an instance of some kind
noun
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
noun
- a portion of a natural object
noun
- a share of something
noun
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
verb
- repair by adding pieces
verb
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
verb
- join during spinning
verb
- to join or unite the pieces of
verb
- create by putting components or members together
Example sentences
he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster
he taught me to set up the men on the chess board
he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage
this store sells only objets d'art
it is not known who created this piece
an important piece of the evidence
he designed a new piece of equipment
she bought a lovely piece of china
my dog swallowed a Lego part
it is down the road a piece
he wrote an interesting piece on Iran
the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests
the composition is written in four movements
it was a nice piece of work
he had a bit of good luck
a piece of pie
a slice of bread
they analyzed the river into three parts
he needed a piece of granite
a slice of the company's revenue
he was here for a little while
I need to rest for a piece
a spell of good weather
a patch of bad weather
She pieced the china cup
He pieced at the sandwich all morning
She never eats a full meal — she just nibbles
piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings
patch the skirt
She pieced a quilt
He tacked together some verses
They set up a committee