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[ US /ˈpis/ ]
[ UK /pˈiːs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a musical work that has been created
    the composition is written in four movements
  2. a share of something
    a slice of the company's revenue
  3. an artistic or literary composition
    he wrote an interesting piece on Iran
    the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests
  4. a portable gun
    he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster
  5. a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
    a spell of good weather
    I need to rest for a piece
    a patch of bad weather
    he was here for a little while
  6. a portion of a natural object
    he needed a piece of granite
    they analyzed the river into three parts
  7. a separate part of a whole
    an important piece of the evidence
  8. a distance
    it is down the road a piece
  9. an instance of some kind
    he had a bit of good luck
    it was a nice piece of work
  10. a work of art of some artistic value
    it is not known who created this piece
    this store sells only objets d'art
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
    a piece of pie
    a slice of bread
VERB
  1. create by putting components or members together
    They set up a committee
    She pieced a quilt
    He tacked together some verses
  2. to join or unite the pieces of
    patch the skirt
  3. eat intermittently; take small bites of
    She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
    He pieced at the sandwich all morning
  4. repair by adding pieces
    She pieced the china cup
  5. join during spinning
    piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings

How To Use piece In A Sentence

  • Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified. War-Time Financial Problems
  • One can only guess at the research and detective work that has gone into the bald details recorded for each piece.
  • He did his final piece of serious work on Tuesday morning, which was grand, and we have just kept him ticking over with a couple of canters.
  • Larger butter pieces (not huge, of course, but quite a bit larger than “wet sand”) result in a flakier biscuit. 2009 March | Baking Bites
  • A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell. Bird Cloud
  • When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed. John Green 
  • Although I have finally been given a small piece of work to do (nothing crucial, generous deadline), I'm finding it hard to apply myself after such a long period of enforced inactivity.
  • Parts of all three vases were mingled together and the position of each piece had to be painstakingly documented to aid the reconstruction. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Yellow Wallpaper is the masterpiece of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a wellknown American feminist pioneer and writer.
  • I picked a piece of fluff off my shiny black suit.
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