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1. A separate part of a whole
   "an important piece of the evidence"
    
2. An item that is an instance of some type
   "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china"
    
3. A portion of a natural object
   "he needed a piece of granite"
   - part
    
4. A musical work that has been created
   - musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music
    
5. An instance of some kind
   "it was a nice piece of work"
   - bit
    
6. An artistic or literary composition
   "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
    
7. A portable gun
   - firearm, small-arm
    
8. A serving that has been cut from a larger portion
   "a piece of pie"
   - slice
    
9. A distance
   "it is down the road a piece"
    
10. A work of art of some artistic value
    "it is not known who created this piece"
    - objet d'art, art object
     
11. A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
    "I need to rest for a piece"
    - while, spell, patch
     
12. A share of something
    - slice
     
13. Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
    "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
    - man

1. To join or unite the pieces of
   - patch
    
2. Create by putting components or members together
   "She pieced a quilt"
   - assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together
    
3. Join during spinning
   "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
    
4. Eat intermittently; take small bites of
   "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"
   - nibble, pick
    
5. Repair by adding pieces
   "She pieced the china cup"
   - patch

Sounds like: peace

Derived forms: pieced, pieces, piecing

Type of: bring together, bushel [US], case, conjoin, create, creation, distance, doctor, eat, example, fix, furbish up, game equipment, gun, helping, instance, item, join, make, mend, music [archaic], part, percentage, portion, repair, restore, serving, share, splice, thing, time, touch on, work of art

Part of: building block, unit

Encyclopedia: Piece