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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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something that has been created by an artist, musician, or writer: an orchestral / piano / instrumental piece. a skilful piece of work / research. Did you read that piece (= article) in the newspaper? a single thing that forms part of a set: a chess piece. a coin with a stated value:
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.
Piece definition: a separate or limited portion or quantity of something. See examples of PIECE used in a sentence.
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.
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.
Definition of piece noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
PIECE meaning: 1. an amount of something, or a part of something: 2. one of a particular type of thing: 3. some…. Learn more.
[countable, usually plural] one of the bits or parts that something breaks into There were tiny pieces of glass all over the road. The boat had been smashed to pieces on the rocks. The vase lay in pieces on the floor.
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.
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 /
