| piece | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. piece | a separate part of a whole.; "an important piece of the evidence" |
| ~ beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction. |
| ~ part, portion | something less than the whole of a human artifact.; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ 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; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. piece | an item that is an instance of some type.; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china" |
| ~ item | a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection.; "they reduced the price on many items" |
| n. (object) | 3. part, piece | a portion of a natural object.; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" |
| ~ thing | a separate and self-contained entity. |
| ~ 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 | the bottom or lowest part.; "the base of the mountain" |
| ~ corner | a projecting part where two sides or edges meet.; "he knocked off the corners" |
| ~ craton | the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian. |
| ~ cutting | a piece cut off from the main part of something. |
| ~ fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else.; "a fragment of rock" |
| ~ hunk, lump | a large piece of something without definite shape.; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ 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 thin flat piece cut off of some object. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ strip | a relatively long narrow piece of something.; "he felt a flat strip of muscle" |
| ~ building block, unit | a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else.; "units of nucleic acids" |
| ~ world | a part of the earth that can be considered separately.; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects" |
| n. (communication) | 4. composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music | a musical work that has been created.; "the composition is written in four movements" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ musical arrangement, arrangement | a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments. |
| ~ realisation, realization | a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer. |
| ~ coda, finale | the closing section of a musical composition. |
| ~ 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 musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment). |
| ~ duette, duet, duo | a musical composition for two performers. |
| ~ trio | a musical composition for three performers. |
| ~ quartette, quartet | a musical composition for four performers. |
| ~ quintet, quintette | a musical composition for five performers. |
| ~ sextet, sestet, sextette | a musical composition written for six performers. |
| ~ septette, septet | a musical composition written for seven performers. |
| ~ octette, octet | a musical composition written for eight performers. |
| ~ bagatelle | a light piece of music for piano. |
| ~ divertimento, serenade | a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form. |
| ~ canon | a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts. |
| ~ etude | a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity. |
| ~ idyl, pastoral, pastorale, idyll | 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 | a short section of a musical composition. |
| ~ movement | a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata.; "the second movement is slow and melodic" |
| ~ 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 | a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected. |
| ~ 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 | (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully).; "they played the adagio too quickly" |
| ~ song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| ~ study | a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique.; "a study in spiccato bowing" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ incidental music | music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes. |
| n. (event) | 5. bit, piece | an instance of some kind.; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" |
| ~ case, instance, example | an occurrence of something.; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" |
| n. (communication) | 6. 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 | an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone. |
| ~ article | nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ hiatus | a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript). |
| n. (artifact) | 7. firearm, piece, small-arm | a portable gun.; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" |
| ~ autoloader, self-loader | a firearm that reloads itself. |
| ~ firing pin | striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer. |
| ~ gun | a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel). |
| ~ lock | a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ .22, twenty-two | a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle). |
| n. (food) | 8. piece, slice | a serving that has been cut from a larger portion.; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ fish filet, fish fillet, filet, fillet | a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish. |
| n. (attribute) | 9. piece | a distance.; "it is down the road a piece" |
| ~ distance | the property created by the space between two objects or points. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. art object, objet d'art, piece | a work of art of some artistic value.; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece" |
| ~ virtu | objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques). |
| ~ work of art | art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit). |
| n. (time) | 11. patch, piece, spell, while | 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" |
| ~ time | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).; "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" |
| ~ cold snap, cold spell | a spell of cold weather. |
| ~ hot spell | a spell of hot weather. |
| ~ snap | a spell of cold weather.; "a cold snap in the middle of May" |
| n. (possession) | 12. piece, slice | a share of something.; "a slice of the company's revenue" |
| ~ share, percentage, portion, part | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| n. (artifact) | 13. man, 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" |
| ~ black | (board games) the darker pieces. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ game equipment | equipment or apparatus used in playing a game. |
| ~ 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. |
| v. (contact) | 14. patch, piece | to join or unite the pieces of.; "patch the skirt" |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ vamp, vamp up | piece (something old) with a new part.; "vamp up an old speech" |
| v. (creation) | 15. assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together | create by putting components or members together.; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ 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 | create by mixing or combining. |
| ~ rig up | erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure.; "Can he rig up a P.A. system?" |
| v. (contact) | 16. piece | join during spinning.; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings" |
| ~ splice | join by interweaving strands.; "Splice the wires" |
| v. (consumption) | 17. nibble, pick, piece | eat intermittently; take small bites of.; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| v. (change) | 18. patch, piece | repair by adding pieces.; "She pieced the china cup" |
| ~ bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, doctor, touch on, restore | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
| spare part | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. spare, spare part | an extra component of a machine or other apparatus. |
| ~ constituent, element, component | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system.; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" |
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