piece
noun
[ piːs ]
• a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.
• "a piece of cheese"
Similar:
bit,
section,
slice,
chunk,
segment,
lump,
hunk,
wedge,
slab,
knob,
block,
cake,
bar,
tablet,
brick,
cube,
stick,
length,
offcut,
sample,
particle,
fragment,
flake,
sliver,
splinter,
wafer,
chip,
crumb,
grain,
speck,
scrap,
remnant,
shred,
shard,
snippet,
mite,
mouthful,
morsel,
wodge,
broken,
in bits,
shattered,
smashed,
in smithereens,
bust,
• a written, musical, or artistic creation.
• "a haunting piece of music"
Similar:
work of art,
work,
musical work,
composition,
creation,
production,
opus,
article,
item,
story,
report,
essay,
study,
review,
paper,
column,
• an instance or example.
• "a crucial piece of evidence"
• a coin of specified value.
• "a 10p piece"
• a figure or token used to make moves in a board game.
• "a chess piece"
• a firearm.
• a woman.
• a sandwich or other item of food taken as a snack.
piece
verb
• assemble something from parts or pieces.
• "the dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones"
Similar:
put together,
assemble,
compose,
construct,
join up,
fit together,
join,
unite,
reassemble,
reconstruct,
put back together,
mend,
repair,
patch up,
sew (up),
• extend something.
• "his coming and assisting them was like a cordial given to a dying man, which doth piece out his life"
• patch (something).
• "if it be broken it must be pieced"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French piece (compare with medieval Latin pecia, petium ), of obscure ultimate origin.
piece by piece
• in gradual stages.
• "I intend to approach this problem piece by piece"
