English Dictionary
Definition of “piece”
piece (piːs
)
Definitions
noun
- an amount or portion forming a separate mass or structure; bit ⇒
a piece of wood
- a small part, item, or amount forming part of a whole, esp when broken off or separated ⇒
a piece of bread
- a length by which a commodity is sold, esp cloth, wallpaper, etc
- an instance or occurrence ⇒
a piece of luck
- slang a girl or woman regarded as an object of sexual attraction ⇒
a nice piece
- an example or specimen of a style or type, such as an article of furniture ⇒
a beautiful piece of Dresden china
- informal an opinion or point of view ⇒
to state one's piece
- a literary, musical, or artistic composition
- a coin having a value as specified ⇒
fifty-pence piece
- a small object, often individually shaped and designed, used in playing certain games, esp board games ⇒
chess pieces
- a firearm or cannon
- ((in combination) ⇒
fowling-piece
- any chessman other than a pawn
- US Canadian a short time or distance ⇒
down the road a piece
- Scottish English dialect
- a slice of bread or a sandwich
- a packed lunch taken to work, school, etc
- (usually plural) Australian New Zealand fragments of fleece wool See also oddment (sense 2)
- See give someone a piece of one's mind
- See go to pieces
- See nasty piece of work
- See of a piece
- See piece of cake
verb (tr)
- (often foll by together) to fit or assemble piece by piece
- (often foll by up) to patch or make up (a garment) by adding pieces
- textiles to join (broken threads) during spinning
Word Origin
C13 pece, from Old French, of Gaulish origin; compare Breton pez piece, Welsh peth portion
Synonyms
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bit,
section,
slice,
part,
share,
division,
block,
length,
quantity,
scrap,
segment,
portion,
fragment,
fraction,
chunk,
wedge,
shred,
slab,
mouthful,
morsel,
wodge,
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share,
cut,
slice,
percentage,
quantity,
portion,
quota,
fraction,
allotment,
subdivision,
Translations
- British English:
piece
A piece of something is a portion, part, or section of it that has been removed, broken off, or cut off....a piece of paper.piːs NOUN ...a piece of paper.
- Spanish:
pedazo
nm
- French:
morceau
nm
- German:
Stück
nnt
- Chinese: 块 n
- Arabic: قِطْعَة n
- Portuguese: pedaço nm
- Russian: кусок nm
- Croatian: komad nm
- Czech: kus nm
- Danish: stykke nnt
- Dutch: stukje nnt
- Finnish: pala n
- Greek: κομμάτι nnt
- Italian: pezzo nm
- Japanese: 一つ n
- Korean: 한 조각 n
- Norwegian: stykke nnt
- Polish: kawałek nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: pedaço nm
- European Spanish:
pedazo
nm
- Swedish: bit nnt
- Thai: ชิ้นส่วน n
- Turkish: parça n
- Vietnamese: miếng n
Usage examples
I wondered whether the story Charlotte had just told me was true or whether it was a sort of party piece.
Hugo Wilcken, THE EXECUTION (2002)"This was just some piece of divine intervention to stop Busby Wallop being turned into a commuter town, eh?
Country Life (2004)He suggests the Oireachtas might consider passing a short piece of legislation solely for the purpose of appointing the judges.
Irish Times (2002)'It was gripping, the most amazing piece of writing I'd ever read.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The radio was easily the most crucial piece of equipment they possessed.
Peter FitzSimons, NANCY WAKE (2002)
