| NOUN | artifact | piece | a separate part of a whole |
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| artifact | piece, part | an item that is an instance of some type | |
| object | piece, part | a portion of a natural object | |
| communication | piece, musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music | a musical work that has been created | |
| event | piece, bit | an instance of some kind | |
| communication | piece | an artistic or literary composition | |
| artifact | piece, firearm, small-arm | a portable gun | |
| food | piece, slice | a serving that has been cut from a larger portion | |
| attribute | piece | a distance | |
| artifact | piece, objet d'art, art object | a work of art of some artistic value | |
| time | piece, while, spell, patch | a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | |
| possession | piece, slice | a share of something | |
| artifact | piece, man | game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games | |
| VERB | contact | piece, patch | to join or unite the pieces of |
| creation | piece, assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together | create by putting components or members together | |
| contact | piece | join during spinning | |
| consumption | piece, nibble, pick | eat intermittently | |
| change | piece, patch | repair by adding pieces |
| Sounds | piy's | |
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| Rhymes | altarpiece ... Vietnamese: 37 rhymes with iys... | |
| Meaning | A separate part of a whole. | |
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| Example | "an important piece of the evidence" | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| shard, sherd, fragment | A broken piece of a brittle / brittle artifact | |
| snip, snippet, snipping | A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | |
| spindle | A piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe | |
| Broader | part, portion | Something less than the whole of a human artifact |
| Spanish | pedazo, trozo | |
| Catalan | bocí, peça, tros | |
| Verbs | piece | repair by adding pieces |
| piece | to join or unite the pieces of | |
| piece | create by putting components or members together | |
| Meaning | An item that is an instance of some type. | |
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| Synonym | part | |
| Broader | item | A whole individual unit |
| Meaning | A portion of a natural object. | |
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| Example | "he needed a piece of granite" | |
| Synonym | part | |
| Instances | North Atlantic | That part of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator |
| North Pacific | That part of the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator | |
| South Atlantic | That part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator | |
| South Pacific | That part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator | |
| Part of | unit, building block | A single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else |
| Narrower | acicula | A needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal |
| base | The bottom or lowest part | |
| body part | Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity | |
| corner | A projecting part where two sides or edges meet / meet | |
| corpus | The main part of an organ or other bodily structure | |
| craton | The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent | |
| cutting | A piece cut off from the main part of something | |
| fragment | A piece broken ... / broken off or cut ... / cut off of something else | |
| hunk, lump | A large piece of something without definite shape | |
| nub, stub | A small piece | |
| segment | One of the parts into which something naturally divides | |
| slice | A thin flat piece cut ... / cut ... / cut off of some object | |
| strip | A relatively long narrow piece of something | |
| world | A part of the earth that can be considered separately | |
| Broader | thing | A separate and self-contained entity |
| Spanish | parte, pedazo, porción, trozo | |
| Catalan | part, tros | |
| Meaning | An instance of some kind. | |
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| Example | "it was a nice piece of work" | |
| Synonym | bit | |
| Broader | case, instance, example | An occurrence of something |
| Catalan | fragment, tall, tros | |
| Meaning | An artistic or literary composition. | |
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| Narrower | afterpiece | A brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play |
| article | nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication | |
| fragment | An incomplete piece | |
| hiatus | A missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) | |
| morceau | A short / short literary or musical composition | |
| Broader | creation | An artifact that has been brought into existence by someone |
| Spanish | obra | |
| Meaning | A serving that has been cut from a larger portion. | |
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| Example | "a piece of pie" | |
| Synonym | slice | |
| Narrower | cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop | Thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled |
| fillet, filet, fish fillet, fish filet | A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish | |
| Broader | helping, portion, serving | An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal |
| Spanish | cacho, rodaja, tajada | |
| Catalan | tall | |
| Verbs | piece | eat intermittently |
| Meaning | A distance. | |
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| Example | "it is down the road a piece" | |
| Broader | distance | The property created by the space between two objects or points |
| Spanish | pedazo, trozo | |
| Meaning | A work of art of some artistic value. | |
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| Example | "it is not known who created this piece" | |
| Synonyms | objet d'art, art object | |
| Narrower | virtu | objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques) |
| Broader | work of art | art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting / painting or sculpture of artistic merit) |
| Spanish | objet d'art | |
| Catalan | objet d'art | |
| Meaning | A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition. | |
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| Example | "I need to rest for a piece" | |
| Synonyms | while, spell, patch | |
| Narrower | cold spell, cold snap | A spell of cold weather |
| hot spell | A spell of hot weather | |
| snap | A spell of cold weather | |
| Broader | time | An indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) |
| Spanish | instante, minuto, momento, rato, segundo, suspiro, tiempo | |
| Catalan | durant, estona, instant, segon | |
| Meaning | A share of something. | |
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| Synonym | slice | |
| Broader | share, portion, part, percentage | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group |
| Spanish | parte, porción, trozo | |
| Catalan | part, porció, tros | |
| Meaning | game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games. | |
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| Example | "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" | |
| Synonym | man | |
| Narrower | black | (board games) the darker pieces |
| checker, chequer | One of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers | |
| chessman, chess piece | Any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game / game of chess | |
| tile | game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc. | |
| white | (board games) the lighter pieces | |
| Broader | game equipment | equipment or apparatus used in playing a game / game / game |
| Spanish | ficha, pieza | |
| Catalan | fitxa, peça | |
| Meaning | To join or unite the pieces of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Model | They piece the cape | |
| Synonym | patch | |
| Narrower | vamp, vamp up | Piece (something old) with a new part |
| Broader | join, conjoin | make contact or come together |
| Spanish | ajuntar | |
| Nouns | piece | a separate part of a whole |
| Meaning | Create by putting components or members together. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "She pieced a quilt" | |
| Synonyms | assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together | |
| Narrower | compound | create by mixing or combining |
| confect, confection, comfit | make into a confection | |
| configure | Set up for a particular purpose | |
| jumble, confuse, mix up | Assemble without order or sense | |
| reassemble | Assemble once again, after taking something apart | |
| rig up | Erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| make, create | make or cause to be or to become | |
| Opposite | disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart | take apart into its constituent pieces |
| Spanish | armar, concentrar, congregar, construir, ensamblar, juntar, montar | |
| Catalan | acoblar, ajuntar, armar, collar, concentrar, congregar, muntar | |
| Nouns | piece | a separate part of a whole |
| Meaning | join during spinning. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings" | |
| Broader | splice | join by interweaving strands |
| Spanish | recomponer, reensamblar | |
| Meaning | Eat intermittently; take small bites of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He pieced at the sandwich all morning" | |
| Synonyms | nibble, pick | |
| Broader | eat | take in solid food |
| Spanish | mordisquear, picar, picotear | |
| Catalan | picar, rosegar | |
| Nouns | piece | a serving that has been cut from a larger portion |
| Meaning | repair by adding pieces. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She pieced the china cup" | |
| Synonym | patch | |
| Broader | repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn / torn or broken |
| Spanish | remendar | |
| Nouns | piece | a separate part of a whole |
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