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- Dictionarypiece/piːs/
noun
- 1. a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole: "a piece of cheese" Similar
- 2. a written, musical, or artistic creation: "a haunting piece of music" Similar
verb
- 1. assemble something from parts or pieces: "the dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones"
- 2. extend something: archaic "his coming and assisting them was like a cordial given to a dying man, which doth piece out his life"
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PIECE definition: 1. a part of something: 2. a single object of a particular type: 3. an item of clothing…. Learn more.
1. : a part of a whole: such as. a. : fragment. pieces of broken glass. b. : any of the individual members comprising a unitoften used in combination. a five-piece band. a three-piece suit. c. : portion, allocation. a piece of the jackpot. 2. : an object or individual regarded as a unit of a kind or class. a piece of fruit. 3.
A piece is a section or a chunk of some larger thing, like a piece of cake or a piece of a broken lamp. You can describe a serving of something, like pie, as a piece, and you can also call an individual item within a larger group a piece, like a piece of furniture or a piece of silverware.
Piece definition: a separate or limited portion or quantity of something. See examples of PIECE used in a sentence.
n. 1. A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion: a piece of string. 2. A portion or part that has been separated from a whole: a piece of pie. 3. An object that is one member of a group or class: a piece of furniture. 4.
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. American English : piece / ˈpis /
Piece Definition. A part or fragment broken or separated from the whole. A section, division, or quantity regarded as complete in itself and distinct from the whole of which it is a part. The quantity or size, as of cloth or wallpaper, that is manufactured as a unit.
an amount of something, or a part of something: a piece of paper / wood. She cut the flan into eight pieces. Some of the pieces seem to be missing. These shoes are falling to pieces (= breaking into pieces). Fewer examples.
Definition of piece noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a portion or quantity of something: a piece of land. a portion of a whole: a piece of apple pie. an individual thing of a particular class or set: a piece of furniture. a created work of art, music, or writing: He writes funny pieces for that magazine.
