piece, n.
(pieces)
freq. cnt. 62
(pieces)
freq. cnt. 62
a separate part of a whole
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 23
piece
sample sentences
"an important piece of the evidence"
semantic pointers
hyponym
beam
piece of cloth, piece of material
piece of leather
scrap
shard, fragment, sherd
snip, snippet, snipping
spindle
hypernym
an item that is an instance of some type
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13
part piece
sample sentences
"he designed a new piece of equipment""she bought a lovely piece of china"
"my dog swallowed a Lego part"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a portion of a natural object
<noun.object> freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 8
part piece
sample sentences
"they analyzed the river into three parts""he needed a piece of granite"
a musical work that has been created
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
composition musical composition opus piece piece of music
sample sentences
"the composition is written in four movements"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
morceau
sheet music
arrangement, musical arrangement
realization, realisation
intermezzo
allegro
allegretto
andante
introit
solo
duet, duette, duo
trio
quartet, quartette
quintet, quintette
sextet, sextette, sestet
septet, septette
octet, octette
bagatelle
divertimento, serenade
canon
etude
pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl
toccata
fantasia
passage, musical passage
movement
largo
larghetto
suite
symphonic poem, tone poem
medley, potpourri, pastiche
nocturne, notturno
adagio
song, vocal
study
capriccio
motet
program music, programme music
incidental music
hypernym
part meronym
an instance of some kind
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
bit piece
sample sentences
"it was a nice piece of work""he had a bit of good luck"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a portable gun
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
firearm piece small-arm
sample sentences
"he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
semantic pointers
hyponym
autoloader, self-loader
muzzle loader
pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron
repeating firearm, repeater
rifle
riot gun
shotgun, scattergun
smoothbore
twenty-two, .22
hypernym
part meronym
an artistic or literary composition
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
piece
sample sentences
"he wrote an interesting piece on Iran""the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
a work of art of some artistic value
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
art object objet d'art piece
sample sentences
"this store sells only objets d'art""it is not known who created this piece"
a distance
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
piece
a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
<noun.food> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
piece slice
sample sentences
"a piece of pie""a slice of bread"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
<noun.artifact>
man piece
sample sentences
"he taught me to set up the men on the chess board""he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
semantic pointers
hyponym
hypernym
a share of something
<noun.possession> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
piece slice
sample sentences
"a slice of the company's revenue"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 1
patch piece spell while
sample sentences
"he was here for a little while""I need to rest for a piece"
"a spell of good weather"
"a patch of bad weather"