piece

What is the Definition of piece?

Noun:

  1. a separate part of a whole
  2. an item that is an instance of some type
  3. a portion of a natural object
  4. a musical work that has been created
  5. an instance of some kind
  6. an artistic or literary composition
  7. a portable gun
  8. a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
  9. a distance
  10. a work of art of some artistic value
  11. a period of indeterminate length (usually short)
  12. a share of something
  13. game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games

Verb:

  1. to join or unite the pieces of
  2. create by putting components or members together
  3. join during spinning
  4. eat intermittently; take small bites of
  5. repair by adding pieces

How can I use piece in a sentence?

Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they are not like you and me, said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him.

So I told him, Fluffy's a piece o' cake if yeh know how to calm him down, jus' play him a bit o' music an' he will go straight off ter sleep — Hagrid suddenly looked horrified.

Every night before he went to sleep, Harry ticked off another day on the piece of paper he had pinned to the wall, counting down to September the first.

While Ron told Hagrid all about Charlie's work with dragons, Harry picked up a piece of paper that was lying on the table under the tea cozy.

Well, think again, boy — it is into the forest you are going and I am much mistaken if you will all come out in one piece.


Other meanings of piece (synonyms, cognates).


ENRU
piece
  • часть, кусок
piece goods
  • штучные товары
piece rate
  • сдельная расценка
piece wage
  • поштучная (сдельная) оплата
piece work
  • сдельная работа
  • сдельщина
piece worker
  • рабочий на сдельщине
  • сдельщик
piecemeal
  • частичный
piecework
  • сдельная
  • работа
piecework earnings
  • сдельный заработок


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