· a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"

Hypernym(s): part, portion

· an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china"; "my dog swallowed a Lego part"

Synonym(s): part

Hypernym(s): item

· a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

Synonym(s): part

Hypernym(s): thing

· a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

Synonym(s): musical_composition, opus, composition, piece_of_music

Hypernym(s): music

· an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"

Synonym(s): bit

Hypernym(s): case, instance, example

· an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"

Hypernym(s): creation

· a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"

Synonym(s): firearm, small-arm

Hypernym(s): gun

· a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread"

Synonym(s): slice

Hypernym(s): helping, portion, serving

· a distance; "it is down the road a piece"

Hypernym(s): distance

· a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece"

Synonym(s): objet_d%27art, art_object

Hypernym(s): work_of_art

· 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"

Synonym(s): while, spell, patch

Hypernym(s): time

· a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue"

Synonym(s): slice

Hypernym(s): share, portion, part, percentage

· 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"

Synonym(s): man

Hypernym(s): game_equipment

· to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"

Synonym(s): patch

Hypernym(s): join, conjoin

· create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

Synonym(s): assemble, put_together, set_up, tack, tack_together

Hypernym(s): join, make, create

· join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"

Hypernym(s): splice

· eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

Synonym(s): nibble, pick

Hypernym(s): eat

· repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"

Synonym(s): patch

Hypernym(s): repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish_up, restore, touch_on