Piece

Noun

 * 1) A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
 * 2) A single item belonging to a class of similar items: as, for example, a piece of machinery, a piece of software.
 * 3) One of the small objects played in board games, e.g. a pawn or a draught.
 * 4) A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
 * 5) An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
 * She played two beautiful pieces on the piano.
 * 1) An artillery gun.
 * 2) 🇺🇸 (short for hairpiece); a toupee or wig, usually when worn by a man.
 * ''The announcer is wearing a new piece.
 * 1)  (plural) sandwiches, packed lunch.
 * 2) 🇺🇸 A gun.
 * He's packin' a piece!
 * 1) 🇺🇸 A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail
 * I got a piece at lunchtime.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 (short for "piece of crap") a shoddy or worthless object, usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances.
 * Ugh, my new computer is such a piece. I'm taking it back to the store tomorrow.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 A cannabis pipe.
 * 2)  Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with got, and never used in the plural.
 * He got a piece of that one.
 * She got a piece of the ball ... and it's going foul.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:piece
 * See also Thesaurus:musical composition

Derived terms

 * piecemeal
 * piecen
 * piece of cake
 * piece of eight
 * to piece together
 * bits and pieces

Verb

 * 1) (usually with "together"): To reassemble something (real or metaphorically.)

Derived terms

 * repiece
 * unpiece

Thesaurus
Grand Guignol, Nachtmusik, Passion play, Tom show, absolute music, actor, adaptation, aesthetic distance, air, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, alike, allotment, allowance, antagonist, antihero, antimasque, arrangement, art object, article, ass, assemble, audience success, autograph, automatic, babe, baby, bait, ballet, bawling-out, beat, big end, bigger half, bishop, bit, bit part, bite, blowgun, blowpipe, bolt, bomb, brainchild, break down, breeze, bric-a-brac, broad, broadcast drama, broken, budget, budget of news, burlesque show, butt, cast, castle, causerie, chamber music, chamber orchestra, character, charade, chessman, chick, chiding, chip, chunk, cinch, classic, clearance, cliff hanger, clip, clipping, closet drama, coil, coin, colleen, collop, comedy drama, commission, compass, compose, composition, computer printout, connect, contingent, copy, crack up, creation, critical success, crown, crumb, crumble, cue, cut, cutie, cutting, dame, damoiselle, damsel, daytime serial, deal, deep space, demoiselle, depths of space, descant, design, destiny, destroyed, dialogue, discourse, discussion, disintegrate, disquisition, dissertation, distance, ditty, divergence, dividend, division, document, documentary drama, dole, doll, dollop, double eagle, doubloon, draft, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, draughtsman, dressing-down, ducat, duodrama, duologue, eagle, edited version, electronic music, end, engrossment, epic theater, equal share, essay, etude, examination, exclusive, excursus, exercise, experimental theater, exposition, extent, extravaganza, failure, fair copy, farness, fat part, fate, feature, feeder, fiction, filly, final draft, finished version, firearm, first approach, first draft, five-dollar gold piece, fix, flamethrower, flimsy, flop, fraction, fragment, frail, gal, gasser, gat, gather, girl, girlie, giveaway, go to pieces, gob, gobbet, gold piece, grotesque, guinea, gun, half, half crown, half eagle, halver, handgun, happening, hard money, harmonious, harmonization, heater, heavy, heifer, hell, helping, hero, heroine, hit, hit show, holding, holograph, homily, hot number, hoyden, hunk, identical, improvisational drama, in agreement, in harmony, in keeping, in pieces, incidental music, infinity, ingenue, instrumental music, interest, introductory study, invention, jeune fille, jill, jingle, junior miss, king, kitsch, knight, lass, lassie, lead, lead role, lead-pipe cinch, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, lecture, leeway, legitimate drama, length, letter, light-years, lines, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, little missy, lot, lucubration, lump, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, man, manuscript, margin, masque, master, masterpiece, masterwork, matter, measure, meat, meed, melodrama, melody, member, memoir, mend, mess, mileage, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, miss, missy, mobile, modicum, moidore, moiety, monodrama, monograph, monologue, morality, morality play, morceau, morsel, museum piece, music, music drama, musical revue, musket, mystery, mystery play, napoleon, news item, nocturne, nonfiction, note, nude, nymphet, old master, opera, opus, orchestration, original, outline, pageant, pandect, panel show, pantomime, paper, paragraph, parcel, parchment, paring, parsecs, part, particle, pasticcio, pastiche, pastoral, pastoral drama, pawn, peashooter, penscript, percentage, person, personage, perspective, piece of ass, piece of cake, piece of meat, piece of money, piece of silver, piece of virtu, piece of writing, piece together, pistol, play, playlet, poem, portion, pound sovereign, preliminary study, printed matter, printout, problem play, production, program music, prolegomenon, proportion, protagonist, psychodrama, put together, quantity, quantum, queen, quiz show, quota, radio drama, rake-off, range, rasher, ration, reach, reading matter, rebuke, recension, remnant, remoteness, repeater, report, reprimand, research paper, restore, review, revolver, revue, ricercar, rifle, rod, role, roll, roll of coins, romp, rook, rouleau, ruined, run, sample, sawed-off shotgun, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, scolding, scoop, score, scrap, screed, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second draft, section, segment, sensational play, separation, serial, serving, sex goddess, sex object, sex queen, shard, share, shatter, shattered, shaving, shiver, shooting iron, short story, shotgun, show, shred, side, similar, sitcom, situation comedy, six-gun, six-shooter, sketch, skirt, skit, slice, slip, sliver, small share, smashed, smithereen, snack, snap, snatch, snip, snippet, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, sonata, sonatina, song, soubrette, sovereign, space, span, special article, specie, specimen, spectacle, splinter, spot news, stabile, stage play, stage show, stake, statue, still life, stitch, stock, story, straight drama, straight part, stretch, stride, string orchestra, string quartet, strip, stud, study, stump, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, supporting character, supporting role, survey, suspense drama, swatch, tableau, tableau vivant, talk show, taste, tatter, teenybopper, teleplay, television drama, television play, ten-dollar gold piece, term paper, the same, the written word, theater of cruelty, theme, theme and variations, thesis, title role, token, tomato, tomboy, tongue-lashing, total theater, tract, tractate, transcript, transcription, treatise, treatment, trio, tune, twenty-dollar gold piece, typescript, uniform, unite, variation, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, version, villain, virgin, virtu, walk-on, walking part, way, ways, wedge, wench, what for, word-of-mouth success, work, work of art, writing, young creature, young thing

Etymology
pece:, from peece:, peice: et al. and  pece:, piece: et al., apparently from  *undefined:, *undefined:. Ultimate origin uncertain; perhaps from (compare  peth:,  pez:,  cuid:).

Noun

 * Afrikaans: stuk
 * Albanian: copë
 * Arabic: قطعة
 * Armenian: մաս,
 * Catalan: peça
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 * Japanese: ;  一切れ, 一片;  切り身
 * Khmer: ដុំ


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 * Latvian: gabals
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 * Thai: อัน, ชิ้น
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 * Urdu: ٹکڑا
 * Vietnamese: mảnh
 * Welsh: darn
 * Yiddish: שטיק
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 * Welsh: darn
 * Yiddish: שטיק


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 * : 片斷, 片断 (piànduàn), 部分 (bùfen)
 * : stuk
 * : tükk, osa
 * : pièce
 * : Stück
 * : potong
 * : parte, pezzo


 * : 조각 (jogak), 부분 (bubun)
 * : (tekke)
 * : element, sztuka , kawałek
 * : peça, pedaço , parte
 * : pedazo, trozo
 * : kipande, vipande pl (noun 7/8)
 * : balat

Noun

 * , bit, part

Etymology
From *undefined:.

Noun

 * , bit, part
 * 1) * circa 1170,, Érec et Énide:
 * Que del hiaume une piece tranche.
 * It cuts a piece off his helmet

Etymology
From *undefined:.