English noun: piece | |||
1. | piece (artifact) a separate part of a whole | ||
Samples | An important piece of the evidence. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | part, portion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beam, fragment, piece of cloth, piece of leather, piece of material, scrap, shard, sherd, snip, snippet, snipping, spindle | ||
2. | piece (artifact) an item that is an instance of some type | ||
Samples | He designed a new piece of equipment. She bought a lovely piece of china. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | item | ||
3. | piece (object) a portion of a natural object | ||
Samples | They analyzed the river into three parts. He needed a piece of granite. | ||
Synonyms | part | ||
Broader (hypernym) | thing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acicula, base, body part, corner, corpus, craton, cutting, fragment, hunk, lump, nub, segment, slice, strip, stub, world | ||
Instance hyponym | North Atlantic, North Pacific, South Atlantic, South Pacific | ||
Part meronym | building block, unit | ||
4. | piece (communication) a musical work that has been created | ||
Samples | The composition is written in four movements. | ||
Synonyms | composition, musical composition, opus, piece of music | ||
Broader (hypernym) | music | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | adagio, allegretto, allegro, andante, arrangement, bagatelle, canon, capriccio, divertimento, duet, duette, duo, etude, fantasia, idyl, idyll, incidental music, intermezzo, introit, larghetto, largo, medley, morceau, motet, movement, musical arrangement, musical passage, nocturne, notturno, octet, octette, passage, pastiche, pastoral, pastorale, potpourri, program music, programme music, quartet, quartette, quintet, quintette, realisation, realization, septet, septette, serenade, sestet, sextet, sextette, sheet music, solo, song, study, suite, symphonic poem, toccata, tone poem, trio, vocal | ||
Part holonym | coda, finale | ||
5. | piece (event) an instance of some kind | ||
Samples | It was a nice piece of work. He had a bit of good luck. | ||
Synonyms | bit | ||
Broader (hypernym) | case, example, instance | ||
6. | piece (communication) an artistic or literary composition | ||
Samples | He wrote an interesting piece on Iran. The children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | creation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | afterpiece, article, fragment, hiatus, morceau | ||
7. | piece (artifact) a portable gun | ||
Samples | He wore his firearm in a shoulder holster. | ||
Synonyms | firearm, small-arm | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gun | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | .22, autoloader, handgun, muzzle loader, pistol, repeater, repeating firearm, rifle, riot gun, scattergun, self-loader, shooting iron, shotgun, side arm, smoothbore, twenty-two | ||
Part holonym | firing pin, lock, sights | ||
8. | piece (food) a serving that has been cut from a larger portion | ||
Samples | A piece of pie. A slice of bread. | ||
Synonyms | slice | ||
Broader (hypernym) | helping, portion, serving | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cutlet, escallop, filet, fillet, fish filet, fish fillet, scallop, scollop | ||
9. | piece (attribute) a distance | ||
Samples | It is down the road a piece. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | distance | ||
10. | piece (artifact) a work of art of some artistic value | ||
Samples | This store sells only objets d'art. It is not known who created this piece. | ||
Synonyms | art object, objet d'art | ||
Broader (hypernym) | work of art | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | virtu | ||
11. | piece (time) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | ||
Samples | He was here for a little while. I need to rest for a piece. A spell of good weather. A patch of bad weather. | ||
Synonyms | patch, spell, while | ||
Broader (hypernym) | time | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cold snap, cold spell, hot spell, snap | ||
12. | piece (possession) a share of something | ||
Samples | A slice of the company's revenue. | ||
Synonyms | slice | ||
Broader (hypernym) | part, percentage, portion, share | ||
13. | piece (artifact) game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games | ||
Samples | He taught me to set up the men on the chess board. He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage. | ||
Synonyms | man | ||
Broader (hypernym) | game equipment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | black, checker, chequer, chess piece, chessman, tile, white | ||
English verb: piece | |||
1. | piece (contact) to join or unite the pieces of | ||
Samples | Patch the skirt. | ||
Examples | They piece the cape | ||
Synonyms | patch | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conjoin, join | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | vamp, vamp up | ||
2. | piece (creation) create by putting components or members together | ||
Samples | She pieced a quilt. He tacked together some verses. They set up a committee. | ||
Synonyms | assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bring together, create, join, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | comfit, compound, confect, confection, configure, confuse, jumble, mix up, reassemble, rig up | ||
Antonyms | break apart, disassemble, take apart, dismantle, break up | ||
3. | piece (contact) join during spinning | ||
Samples | Piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | splice | ||
4. | piece (consumption) eat intermittently; take small bites of | ||
Samples | He pieced at the sandwich all morning. She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles. | ||
Synonyms | nibble, pick | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | eat | ||
5. | piece (change) repair by adding pieces | ||
Samples | She pieced the china cup. | ||
Synonyms | patch | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on | ||