Definition of pieces Pieces
/piˈsʌz/ - [peesuz] -
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Wiktionary 
- pieces (Noun)
Plural of piece.
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| piece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence" | ||
| portion, part something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" | ||
| beam long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction | ||
| piece of cloth, piece of material a separate part consisting of fabric | ||
| piece of leather a separate part consisting of leather | ||
| scrap a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left" | ||
| shard, sherd, fragment a broken piece of a brittle artifact | ||
| snippet, snipping, snip a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | ||
| piece - an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" | ||
| creation (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence | ||
| article one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing" | ||
| morceau a short literary or musical composition | ||
| afterpiece a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play | ||
| fragment an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play" | ||
| piece - a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread" | ||
| slice | ||
| helping, serving, portion an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" | ||
| cutlet, escallop, scollop, scallop thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled | ||
| piece - an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china"; | ||
| piece - a distance; "it is down the road a piece" | ||
| piece - an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" | ||
| bit | ||
| piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" | ||
| musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| morceau a short literary or musical composition | ||
| sheet music a musical composition in printed or written form; "she turned the pages of the music as he played" | ||
| musical arrangement, arrangement a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments | ||
| realisation, realization something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the realization of a whole year's work" | ||
| coda, finale the concluding part of any performance | ||
| intermezzo a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera | ||
| allegro a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner | ||
| allegretto a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | ||
| andante a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow | ||
| introit a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services | ||
| solo a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied | ||
| duette, duo, duet a musical composition for two performers | ||
| trio a musical composition for three performers | ||
| quartette, quartet a musical composition for four performers | ||
| quintette, quintet a musical composition for five performers | ||
| sextette, sestet, sextet a rhythmic group of six lines of verse | ||
| septette, septet a musical composition written for seven performers | ||
| octette, octet a musical composition written for eight performers | ||
| bagatelle a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over | ||
| divertimento, serenade a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form | ||
| canon a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired | ||
| etude a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity | ||
| pastorale, idyl, idyll, pastoral a musical composition that evokes rural life | ||
| toccata a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style | ||
| fantasia a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes | ||
| musical passage, passage the act of passing from one state or place to the next | ||
| movement the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" | ||
| largo (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner | ||
| larghetto (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio | ||
| suite apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) | ||
| symphonic poem, tone poem an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales | ||
| medley, pastiche, potpourri a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources | ||
| nocturne, notturno a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) | ||
| adagio a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers | ||
| vocal, song the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" | ||
| study a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study" | ||
| capriccio an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation | ||
| motet an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; intended to be sung as part of a church service; originated in the 13th century | ||
| program music, programme music musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events | ||
| piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" | ||
| part | ||
| thing a separate and self-contained entity | ||
| building block, unit a block of material used in construction work | ||
| body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity | ||
| corpus the main part of an organ or other bodily structure | ||
| acicula a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal | ||
| base a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" | ||
| corner the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by" | ||
| craton the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian | ||
| cutting the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine" | ||
| fragment an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play" | ||
| hunk, lump a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" | ||
| nub, stub a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" | ||
| segment one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange" | ||
| slice a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" | ||
| strip a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone" | ||
| piece - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" | ||
| firearm, small-arm | ||
| gun the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute" | ||
| autoloader, self-loader a firearm that reloads itself | ||
| firing pin striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer | ||
| lock any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured | ||
| muzzle loader an obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle | ||
| handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm a firearm that is held and fired with one hand | ||
| repeating firearm, repeater a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading | ||
| rifle a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired" | ||
| riot gun a firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death | ||
| scattergun, shotgun firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges | ||
| sights an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument | ||
| smoothbore a firearm that has no rifling | ||
| piece - 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" | ||
| man | ||
| game equipment equipment or apparatus used in playing a game | ||
| black black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black" | ||
| chequer, checker one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers | ||
| chess piece, chessman any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess | ||
| tile a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces | ||
| piece - 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" | ||
| while, spell, patch | ||
| time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past | ||
| cold snap, cold spell a spell of cold weather | ||
| hot spell a spell of hot weather | ||
| piece - a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece" | ||
| objet d'art, art object | ||
| work of art art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit) | ||
| piece - a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue" | ||
| slice | ||
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| piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" | ||
| patch | ||
| bushel, furbish up, mend, doctor, touch on, repair, restore, fix heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" | ||
| piece - join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings" | ||
| splice join by interweaving strands; "Splice the wires" | ||
| piece - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" | ||
| assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together | ||
| disassemble, break apart, dismantle, take apart, break up take apart into its constituent pieces | ||
| bring together, join make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| comfit, confection, confect make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" | ||
| mix up, jumble, confuse assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" | ||
| reassemble assemble once again, after taking something apart | ||
| configure set up for a particular purpose; "configure my new computer"; "configure a plane for a combat mission" | ||
| compound put or add together; "combine resources" | ||
| rig up erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure; "Can he rig up a P.A. system?" | ||
| piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" | ||
| patch | ||
| conjoin, join make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" | ||
| vamp up, vamp provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" | ||
| piece - eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" | ||
| nibble, pick | ||
| eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" | ||
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Wiktionary
- piece (Noun)
A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. - piece (Noun)
A single item belonging to a class of similar items: as, for example, a piece of machinery, a piece of software. - piece (Noun)
One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distincguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games. - piece (Noun)
A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency. - piece (Noun)
An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc. - piece (Noun)
An artillery gun. - piece (Noun)
Short for hairpiece; a toupee or wig, usually when worn by a man. - piece (Noun)
A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack. - piece (Noun)
A gun. - piece (Noun)
A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail . - piece (Noun)
Short for "piece of crap" a shoddy or worthless object, usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances. - piece (Noun)
A cannabis pipe. - piece (Noun)
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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- piece (n.)
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. - piece (n.)
A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper. - piece (n.)
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 - piece (n.)
A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary. - piece (n.)
A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece. - piece (n.)
A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings. - piece (n.)
A fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of knowledge. - piece (n.)
An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt. - piece (n.)
One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn. - piece (n.)
A castle; a fortified building. - piece (v. t.)
To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out. - piece (v. t.)
To unite; to join; to combine. - piece (v. i.)
To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A part of a larger whole. -
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A large artillery gun. -
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A rubber or plastic nipple that is put into a baby's mouth in order to comfort or quiet. -
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A single item belonging to a class of similar items. -
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One of the figures used in playing chess. -
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An amount of gold, silver, etc. made into a coin. -
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A toupee or wig, usually when worn by a man. -
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A small portion of food.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pēs, n. a part of anything: a single article: a definite quantity, as of cloth or paper: an amount of work to be done at one time: a separate performance: a literary or artistic composition: a gun: a coin: a man in chess or draughts: a person, generally a woman, in contempt.—v.t. to enlarge by adding a piece: to patch.—v.i. to unite by a joining of parts: to join.—n.pl. Piece′-goods, cotton, linen, woollen, or silk fabrics sold retail in varying lengths.—adj. Piece′less, not made of pieces: entire.—adv. Piece′meal, in pieces or fragments: by pieces: little by little: bit by bit: gradually.—adj. made of pieces: single: separate.—ns. Piec′ener, a piecer; Piec′ening, or Piec′ing, the act of mending, esp. the joining of the ends of yarn, thread, &c. so as to repair breaks; Piec′er, a boy or girl employed in a spinning-factory to join broken threads; Piece′work, work done by the piece or quantity rather than by time.—Pièce de résistance, principal piece: chief event or performance: chief dish at a dinner; Piece of eight, the Spanish peso duro ('hard dollar'), bearing the numeral 8, of the value of 8 reals (prob. the sign $ is derived from this); Piece out, to put together bit by bit; Piece up, to patch up.—Give a piece of one's mind, to give a rating frankly to any one's face; Of a piece, as if of the same piece, the same in nature, &c. [O. Fr. piece—Low L. petium, a piece of land—prob. L. pes, pedis, a foot.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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de charpente, for pieces, r. piece.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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A general name for any kind of ordnance or musket. -
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In heraldry, an ordinary or charge; as, the fesse, the bend, the pale, the bar, the cross, the saltire, the chevron, are called honorable pieces.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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A wench. A damned good or bad piece; a girl who is more or less active and skilful in the amorous congress. Hence the (CAMBRIDGE) toast, May we never have a PIECE (peace) that will injure the constitution. Piece likewise means at Cambridge a close or spot of ground adjacent to any of the colleges, as Clare-hall Piece, &c. The spot of ground before King's College formerly belonged to Clare-hall. While Clare Piece belonged to King's, the master of Clare-hall proposed a swop, which being refused by the provost of King's, he erected before their gates a temple of CLOACINA. It will be unnecessary to say that his arguments were soon acceded to.
Wikipedia 
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A piece is a bit of something. If something can be cut or broken into several bits, these bits are called "pieces". "Piece" must not be confused with "peace" which is pronounced the same way.
See: List of 1000 basic words.
