Word Finder - piece

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A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.

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I’d like another piece of pie.

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A single item belonging to a class of similar items

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a piece of machinery

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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.

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A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.

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a sixpenny piece

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An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.

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She played two beautiful pieces on the piano.

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An article published in the press.

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Today's paper has an interesting piece on medical research.

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An artillery gun.

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A gun.

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He's packin' a piece!

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(short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.

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The announcer is wearing a new piece.

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A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.

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A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail

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I got a piece at lunchtime.

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(mildly, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).

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Ugh, my new computer is such a piece. I'm taking it back to the store tomorrow.

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A cannabis pipe.

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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.

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he got a piece of that one;  she got a piece of the ball [...] and it's going foul.

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(sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.

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A castle; a fortified building.

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A pacifier; a dummy.

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A distance.

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a fair piece off

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A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.

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At practice we rowed four 5,000 meter pieces.

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An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.

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(usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).

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These clues allowed us to piece together the solution to the mystery.

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To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.

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to piece a garment

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To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

Now cut me a piece of that pie.

He turned his attention to the fire and tucked another piece of bark into the bright coals.

It was the last piece of the puzzle.

Lisa did the best she could to draw a map on the small piece of paper.

He picked up a piece of straw and leaned his back against the tree, picking his teeth.

One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.

He felt like a piece of heaven!

Maybe you think prisoners have it too easy serving time while their victims struggle to piece their lives back together.

But I will give her a piece of my mind.

Then the Wizard bent a pin for a hook and took a long piece of string from his pocket for a fish-line.

Claudette was going to get a piece of her mind.

It was a Sports Illustrated swim suit issue so old they were wearing one piece suits.

Allow me to give you a piece of advice.

She cut a piece of the pie and served it to him on a clean saucer.

The king was about to waken him roughly, when he saw a piece of paper on the floor beside him.

He looked small in the middle of the foyer, and he wore an insincere smile like he might any other piece of easily removable clothing.

Dean looked up from squeezing honey from a plastic bear onto a piece of whole wheat toast smeared with peanut butter.

She was fully a part of him when they touched, as if he'd been missing more than a piece of his soul all these years and just now realized it.

She sat down with a piece of pie and poked at it.

They who come rarely to the woods take some little piece of the forest into their hands to play with by the way, which they leave, either intentionally or accidentally.

Martha's only comment was that it was nice to hear at least one piece of good news.

Maybe some miner lost his finger and when they rushed him to a doctor the severed piece was lost.

Jackson stood and retrieved the piece.

She'd like to give Claudette a piece of her mind, but that would be unprofessional.

When she'd touched him in the alley, she'd left a piece of herself within him.

He whispered words she wasn't able to make out then bit her again, this time hard enough for the pain to piece her dreamlike stage.

The human named Deidre had to have it with her, a trinket or piece of jewelry with sentimental value that she never took off.

He found her translation of the piece breathtaking.

She plucked a piece of twine from the hay on the floor.

I turned a good profit on that piece of real estate.

Inside the house, she decided on a piece of corn on the cob.

She wasn't going to feel bad about a piece of jewelry.

A more dangerous piece of magnificence was the harem.

This piece of apparatus was introduced by William Morris in 1831, and consists of a long double link with closely-fitting jaws which, however, slide freely up and down.

By the discovery of the bacillus of tubercle, the physician has been enabled to piece together a long and varied list of maladies under several names, such as scrofula and lupus, many of them long suspected to be tuberculous, but now known to belong to the series.

We received one piece of good news during our blackout period.

Let's give him the opportunity to speak his piece.

A radio station did a piece on the tip center and requested an interview with someone who answered the phones.

I could make up some story; maybe I'm writing a magazine piece.

Jackson looked at a piece of paper.

She'd said her piece.

Then he mocked in sing-song voice, "'Just as long as I get that one pretty piece with a view!'"

I'll take the smaller piece and let you have the sixty percent!

He smiled hesitantly, as if caught with the last piece of pie.

The trail left by the falling vehicle reappeared, a tear in the earth, and a piece of unrecognizable metal.

She glanced at the other woman and slipped Dean a piece of paper.

Martha reached in her pocket and triumphantly presented a crumpled piece of paper.

Gabriel withdrew a piece of paper from his pocket as he went, studying the symbols.

After getting them each a cup of coffee and a piece of the cherry pie she had made the day before, she sat down at the table with them.

My guess is the missing piece of line fell into the river.