1. (

• piece

) a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence" ;

2. (

• piece ,
• part ,

) an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china"; "my dog swallowed a Lego part" ;

3. (

• part ,
• piece

) a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" ;

4. (

• musical_composition ,
• opus ,
• composition ,
• piece ,
• piece_of_music

) a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" ;

5. (

• piece ,
• bit

) an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" ;

6. (

• piece ,

) an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" ;

7. (

• firearm ,
• piece ,
• small-arm

) a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" ;

8. (

• piece ,
• slice

) a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread" ;

9. (

• piece

) a distance; "it is down the road a piece" ;

10. (

• objet_d'art ,
• art_object ,
• piece ,

) a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece" ;

11. (

• while ,
• piece ,
• spell ,
• patch

) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" ;

12. (

• slice ,
• piece

) a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue" ;

13. (

• man ,
• piece ,

) game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" ;

1. (

• patch ,
• piece ,

) to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" ;

2. (

• assemble ,
• piece ,
• put_together ,
• set_up ,
• tack ,
• tack_together

) create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" ;

3. (

• piece

) join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings" ;

4. (

• nibble ,
• pick ,
• piece

) eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal;

5. (

• piece ,
• patch ,

) repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" ;