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piece > 18 senses
NOUN	1	piece	A separate part of a whole
	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	Create by putting components or members together
	3	piece	Join during spinning
	4	piece, nibble, pick	Eat intermittently
	5	piece, patch	Repair by adding pieces

piece > pronunciation
Sounds	piy's
Rhymes	altarpiece, apiece, caprice, and 34 more rhymes in iys...

piece > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A separate part of a whole.
Examples	"an important piece of the evidence"
Broader	part, portion
Narrower	piece of cloth, piece of material; piece of leather; scrap; shard, sherd, fragment; snip, snippet, snipping
Verbs	piece; piece; piece

piece > noun 2, artifact
Meaning	An item that is an instance of some type.
Examples	"he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
Broader	item

piece > noun 3, object
Meaning	A portion of a natural object.
Examples	"he needed a piece of granite"
Synonyms	part
Part of	unit, building block
Broader	thing
Narrower	body part; corpus; acicula; base; corner; craton; cutting; fragment; hunk, lump; North Atlantic; North Pacific; nub, stub; segment; slice; South Atlantic; South Pacific; strip; world

piece > noun 4, communication
Meaning	A musical work that has been created.
Synonyms	musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music
Parts	finale, coda
Broader	music
Narrower	morceau; sheet music; musical arrangement, arrangement; realization, realisation; intermezzo; introit; 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, notturno; adagio; song, vocal; study; capriccio; motet; program music, programme music; incidental music

piece > noun 5, event
Meaning	An instance of some kind.
Examples	"it was a nice piece of work"
Synonyms	bit
Broader	case, instance, example

piece > noun 6, communication
Meaning	An artistic or literary composition.
Examples	"he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
Broader	creation
Narrower	article; morceau; afterpiece; fragment; hiatus

piece > noun 7, artifact
Meaning	A portable gun.
Synonyms	firearm, small-arm
Parts	firing pin; lock; sight
Broader	gun
Narrower	autoloader, self-loader; machine gun; muzzle loader; pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron; repeating firearm, repeater; rifle; riot gun; shotgun, scattergun; smoothbore; twenty-two, .22

piece > noun 8, food
Meaning	A serving that has been cut from a larger portion.
Examples	"a piece of pie"
Synonyms	slice
Broader	helping, portion, serving
Narrower	cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop; fillet, filet, fish fillet, fish filet
Verbs	piece

piece > noun 9, attribute
Meaning	A distance.
Examples	"it is down the road a piece"
Broader	distance

piece > noun 10, artifact
Meaning	A work of art of some artistic value.
Examples	"it is not known who created this piece"
Synonyms	objet d'art, art object
Broader	work of art
Narrower	virtu

piece > noun 11, time
Meaning	A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.
Examples	"I need to rest for a piece"
Synonyms	while, spell, patch
Broader	time
Narrower	cold spell, cold snap; hot spell; snap

piece > noun 12, possession
Meaning	A share of something.
Synonyms	slice
Broader	share, portion, part, percentage

piece > noun 13, artifact
Meaning	Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games.
Examples	"he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
Synonyms	man
Broader	game equipment
Narrower	black; checker; chessman, chess piece; white

piece > verb 1, contact
Meaning	To join or unite the pieces of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something
Model	They piece the cape
Synonyms	patch
Broader	join, conjoin
Narrower	vamp, vamp up
Nouns	piece

piece > verb 2, creation
Meaning	Create by putting components or members together.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples	"She pieced a quilt"
Synonyms	assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together
Contrary	disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
Broader	join, bring together; make, create
Narrower	confect, confection, comfit; jumble, confuse, mix up; reassemble; configure; compound; rig up
Nouns	piece

piece > verb 3, contact
Meaning	Join during spinning.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
Broader	splice

piece > verb 4, consumption
Meaning	Eat intermittently. Take small bites of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"He pieced at the sandwich all morning"
Synonyms	nibble, pick
Broader	eat
Nouns	piece

piece > verb 5, change
Meaning	Repair by adding pieces.
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

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