piece meaning
EN
[piːs] [-iːs] 
US WPiece
- Piece or pieces (not to be confused with peace) may refer to:
FR pièce 
- NounPLpieces
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items: as, for example, a piece of machinery, a piece of software.
- [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- a sixpenny piece
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- She played two beautiful pieces on the piano.
- An artillery gun.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- The announcer is wearing a new piece.
- (Scotland, Ireland, Britain dialectal, US dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- (US) COL A gun.
- He's packin' a piece!
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- I got a piece at lunchtime.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- Ugh, my new computer is such a piece. I'm taking it back to the store tomorrow.
- (US) SLA A cannabis pipe.
- (baseball) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with got, and never used in the plural.
- he got a piece of that one;  she got a piece of the ball [ …] and it's going foul.
- (dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
- OBS A castle; a fortified building.
- (US) A pacifier.
- COL A distance.
- a far piece, located a fair piece away from their camp, a fair piece off
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- VerbSGpiecesPRpiecingPT, PPpieced
- VT (usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- These clues allowed us to piece together the solution to the mystery.
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- to piece a garment
- SLA To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
- VT (usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all tobrake his skull. --Judges 9:53, KJV
- Tack the work pieces with one spot and check for proper relative position of pieces. Sometimes the pieces can be separated and respotted if necessary.
- Eugenius discovered sitting loaden with many Irons, a Lampe burning by him; then enter Clowne with a piece of browne bread and a Carret roote.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Before it could be cleaned properly it was necessary to take it to pieces.
- That author usually writes good stuff, but he really laid an egg with that last piece.
- 1611, Bible (KJV): Daniel 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of piece in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "piece" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.