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   piece

   /pēs/

   noun

   • 1. a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole: "a piece of cheese" Similar bitsectionslicechunksegmentlumphunkwedgeslabknobblockcakebartabletbrickcubesticklengthoffcutsampleparticlefragmentflakesliversplinterwaferchipcrumbgrainspeckscrapremnantshredshardsnippetmitemouthfulmorselinformal:wodge
   • ▪ one of the items that were put together to make something and into which it naturally divides: "take a car to pieces" Similar componentpartbitsectionsegmentconstituentelementunitmodule
   • ▪ an item of a particular type, especially one forming one of a set: "a piece of luggage" Similar componentpartbitsectionsegmentconstituentelementunitmodule
   • ▪ an instance or example: "a crucial piece of evidence" Similar examplespecimensampleinstanceillustrationoccurrencecase
   • ▪ a financial share: "each employee owns a piece of the company" Similar sharesliceportionquotapartbitpercentageamountquantityrationfractiondivisionsubdivisionallocationallotmentmeasureapportionmentinformal:cutwhackrake-offrare:quantummoiety
   • ▪ a written, musical, or artistic creation or composition: "a hauntingly beautiful piece of music" Similar work of artworkmusical workcompositioncreationproductionopusarticleitemstoryreportessaystudyreviewcompositionpapercolumn
   • ▪ a coin of specified value: "a 10-cent piece"
   • ▪ a figure or token used to make moves in a board game. Similar tokencountermandiskchipmarker
   • ▪ a king, queen, bishop, knight, or rook, as opposed to a pawn.
   • ▪ a firearm.
   • ▪ a woman.

   verb

   • 1. assemble something from individual parts: "the children took turns piecing together each other's jigsaw puzzle"
   • ▪ slowly make sense of something from separate facts and pieces of evidence: "Daniel had pieced the story together from the radio"
   • 2. extend something: archaic "his coming and assisting them was like a cordial given to a dying man, which doth piece out his life"
   • 3. patch (something): archaic "if it be broken it must be pieced"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French piece (compare with medieval Latin pecia, petium), of obscure ultimate origin.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   Synonyms for PIECES: fragments, bits, fractions, scraps, remnants, portions, slivers, shards; Antonyms of PIECES: compounds, totals, sums, composites, aggregates, pools, totalities, wholes.

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   Synonyms and antonyms of piece in English. piece. noun. These are words and phrases related to piece. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of piece. Cook the beans with a piece of salt pork. The glass broke into pieces. Synonyms. portion. quantity. amount. share. slice. cut. chunk. hunk. lump. pat. blob.

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    Synonyms for PIECE in English: bit, section, slice, part, share, division, block, length, quantity, scrap, ….