piece
1. a separate part of a whole (Freq. 23)
- an important piece of the evidence
• Hypernyms:
part, portion
• Hyponyms:
beam, piece of cloth, piece of material, piece of leather, scrap,
scrap, sherd, fragment, snip, snippet,
snipping, spindle
2. an item that is an instance of some type (Freq. 13)
- he designed a new piece of equipment
- she bought a lovely piece of china
• Hypernyms:
item
3. a portion of a natural object (Freq. 8)
- they analyzed the river into three parts
- he needed a piece of granite
• Syn:
part
• Hypernyms:
thing
• Hyponyms:
body part, corpus, acicula, base, corner,
craton, cutting, fragment, hunk, lump, nub,
stub, segment, slice, strip, world
• Instance Hyponyms:
North Atlantic, North Pacific, South Atlantic, South Pacific
• Part Holonyms:
unit, building block
4. a musical work that has been created (Freq. 7)
- the composition is written in four movements
• Syn:
musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music
• Derivationally related forms:
compose (for: composition)
• Hypernyms:
music
• Hyponyms:
morceau, sheet music, musical arrangement, arrangement, realization,
realisation, intermezzo, allegro, allegretto, andante, introit,
solo, duet, duette, duo, trio, quartet,
quartette, quintet, quintette, sextet, sextette, sestet,
septet, septette, octet, octette, bagatelle, divertimento,
serenade, canon, etude, pastorale, pastoral, idyll,
idyl, toccata, fantasia, passage, musical passage, movement,
largo, larghetto, suite, symphonic poem, tone poem, medley,
potpourri, pastiche, nocturne, notturno, adagio, song,
song, study, capriccio, motet, program music,
programme music, incidental music
• Part Meronyms:
finale, coda
5. an instance of some kind (Freq. 4)
- it was a nice piece of work
- he had a bit of good luck
• Syn:
bit
• Hypernyms:
case, instance, example
6. an artistic or literary composition (Freq. 2)
- he wrote an interesting piece on Iran
- the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests
• Hypernyms:
creation
• Hyponyms:
article, morceau, afterpiece, fragment, hiatus
7. a portable gun (Freq. 2)
- he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster
• Syn:
firearm, small-arm
• Hypernyms:
gun
• Hyponyms:
autoloader, self-loader, muzzle loader, pistol, handgun,
side arm, shooting iron, repeating firearm, repeater, rifle, riot gun,
shotgun, scattergun, smoothbore, twenty-two, .22
• Part Meronyms:
firing pin, lock, sights
8. a serving that has been cut from a larger portion (Freq. 1)
- a piece of pie
- a slice of bread
• Syn:
slice
• Derivationally related forms:
slice (for: slice)
• Hypernyms:
helping, portion, serving
• Hyponyms:
cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop, fillet,
filet, fish fillet, fish filet
9. a distance (Freq. 1)
- it is down the road a piece
• Hypernyms:
distance
10. a work of art of some artistic value (Freq. 1)
- this store sells only objets d'art
- it is not known who created this piece
• Syn:
objet d'art, art object
• Hypernyms:
work of art
• Hyponyms:
virtu
11. 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
• Syn:
man
• Hypernyms:
game equipment
• Hyponyms:
black, checker, chequer, chessman, chess piece,
tile, white
12. 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
- a spell of good weather
- a patch of bad weather
• Syn:
while, spell, patch
• Hypernyms:
time
• Hyponyms:
cold spell, cold snap, hot spell, snap
13. a share of something
- a slice of the company's revenue
• Syn:
slice
• Hypernyms:
share, portion, part, percentage
1. to join or unite the pieces of (Freq. 1)
- patch the skirt
• Syn:
patch
• Derivationally related forms:
patch (for: patch), patching (for: patch)
• Hypernyms:
join, conjoin
• Hyponyms:
vamp, vamp up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something with something
- They piece the cape
2. create by putting components or members together
- She pieced a quilt
- He tacked together some verses
- They set up a committee
• Syn:
assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together
• Ant:
disassemble (for: assemble)
• Derivationally related forms:
assemblage (for: assemble)
• Hypernyms:
join, bring together, make, create
• Hyponyms:
confect, confection, comfit, jumble, confuse,
mix up, reassemble, configure, compound, rig up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. eat intermittently;
take small bites of
- He pieced at the sandwich all morning
- She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
• Syn:
nibble, pick
• Derivationally related forms:
nibble (for: nibble), nibbler (for: nibble)
• Hypernyms:
eat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. repair by adding pieces
- She pieced the china cup
• Syn:
patch
• Hypernyms:
repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor,
furbish up, restore, touch on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. join during spinning
- piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings
• Hypernyms:
splice
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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