Piece (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

Admin
noun
  1. a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land;a piece of chocolate.
  2. a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a nice piece of lumber.
  3. a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole: to cut a blueberry pie into six pieces.
  4. a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market: cloth sold by the piece.
  5. an amount of work forming a single job: to be paid by the piece and not by the hour.
  6. an example of workmanship, especially of artistic production, as a picture or a statue: The museum has some interesting pieces by Picasso.
  7. a literary or journalistic composition, usually short, in prose or verse.
  8. a literary selection for recitation: Each child had a chance to recite a piece.
  9. a musical composition.
  10. one of the parts that, when assembled, form a whole: the pieces of a clock.
  11. an individual article of a set or collection: a set of dishes containing 100 pieces.
  12. Games.
    • one of the figures, disks, blocks, or the like, of wood, plastic, ivory, or other material, used in playing a board game.
    • (in chess) a king, queen, bishop, knight, or rook; a superior man or figure, as distinguished from a pawn: One of the opening principles in chess is piece development.
  13. a token, charm, or amulet: a good-luck piece.
  14. an individual thing of a particular class or kind: a piece of furniture;a piece of drawing paper.
  15. an example, specimen, or instance of something: a fine piece of workmanship.
  16. one of the parts into which a thing is destructively divided or broken; a part, fragment, or shred: to tear a letter into pieces.
  17. Informal.
    • a rifle, pistol, or other small firearm.
    • a cannon or other unit of ordnance: Each field piece was drawn by six horses.
  18. a coin: a five-cent piece.
  19. a distance: I'm going down the road a piece.
  20. a snack.
  21. Also called piece of ass .Slang: Vulgar.
    • a person, usually a woman, considered as a sexual partner.
    • sexual intercourse: He's always looking for piece of ass.
verb (used with object), pieced, piec·ing.
  1. to mend (a garment, article, etc.) by adding, joining, or applying a piece or pieces; patch.
  2. to complete, enlarge, or extend by an added piece or something additional (often followed by out): to piece out a library with new books.
  3. to make by or as if by joining pieces (often followed by together): to piece a quilt;to piece together a musical program.
  4. to join together, as pieces or parts: to piece together the fragments of a broken dish.
  5. to join as a piece or addition to something: to piece new wire into the cable.
  6. to assemble into a meaningful whole by combining available facts, information, details, etc.: He pieced the story together after a lot of effort.
verb (used without object), pieced, piec·ing.
  1. to eat small portions of food between meals; snack.
Idioms
  1. mind (def. 39).
  2. go to pieces,
    • to break into fragments.
    • to lose control of oneself; become emotionally or physically upset: When he flunked out of medical school he went to pieces.
  3. of the same kind; harmonious; consistent.
  4. action (def. 23).
  5. an extraordinary person, especially one who has extremely negative qualities: She's a nasty piece of work!
  6. to express one's opinion; reveal one's thoughts upon a subject: I decided to speak my piece whether they liked it or not.
noun
  1. an amount or portion forming a separate mass or structure; bit
  2. a small part, item, or amount forming part of a whole, esp when broken off or separated
  3. a length by which a commodity is sold, esp cloth, wallpaper, etc
  4. an instance or occurrence
  5. a girl or woman regarded as an object of sexual attraction
  6. an example or specimen of a style or type, such as an article of furniture
  7. an opinion or point of view
  8. a literary, musical, or artistic composition
  9. a coin having a value as specified
  10. a small object, often individually shaped and designed, used in playing certain games, esp board games
    • a firearm or cannon
    • (in combination)
  12. any chessman other than a pawn
  13. a short time or distance
  14. Scot and English dialect
    • a slice of bread or a sandwich
    • a packed lunch taken to work, school, etc
  15. fragments of fleece wool
  16. to criticize or censure someone frankly or vehemently
  17. go to pieces
    • (of a person) to lose control of oneself; have a breakdown
    • (of a building, organization, etc) to disintegrate
  18. a cruel or mean person
  19. of the same kind; alike
  20. something easily obtained or achieved
verb (tr)
  1. to fit or assemble piece by piece
  2. to patch or make up (a garment) by adding pieces
  3. to join (broken threads) during spinning
Piece (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

More Definitions