piece
piece is a 5-letter English word with 31 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces.
- noun. A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.
- noun. Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single effort of a series; a definite performance
- noun. A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary.
- noun. A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece.
- noun. A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings.
- noun. A fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of knowledge.
- noun. An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt.
- noun. One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.
- noun. A castle; a fortified building.
- transitive verb. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out.
- transitive verb. To unite; to join; to combine.
- intransitive verb. To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join.
- noun. a portable gun
"he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
- noun. game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
"he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"
"he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
- noun. a work of art of some artistic value
"this store sells only objets d'art"
"it is not known who created this piece"
- noun. a separate part of a whole
"an important piece of the evidence"
- noun. an item that is an instance of some type
"he designed a new piece of equipment"
"she bought a lovely piece of china"
- noun. a distance
"it is down the road a piece"
- noun. an artistic or literary composition
"he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"
"the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
- noun. a musical work that has been created
"the composition is written in four movements"
- noun. an instance of some kind
"it was a nice piece of work"
"he had a bit of good luck"
- noun. a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
"a piece of pie"
"a slice of bread"
- noun. a portion of a natural object
"they analyzed the river into three parts"
"he needed a piece of granite"
- noun. a share of something
"a slice of the company's revenue"
- noun. a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
"he was here for a little while"
"I need to rest for a piece"
- verb. repair by adding pieces
"She pieced the china cup"
- verb. eat intermittently; take small bites of
"He pieced at the sandwich all morning"
"She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
- verb. join during spinning
"piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
- verb. to join or unite the pieces of
"patch the skirt"
- verb. create by putting components or members together
"She pieced a quilt"
"He tacked together some verses"
Synonyms
firearm, man, composition, opus, bit, slice, part, patch, spell, while, nibble, pick, assemble, tack
Common word forms
pieced, piecer, pieces, piecing, pieceable, pieceless
Words from these letters
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