English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "piece"

piece

Từ điển Collocation

piece noun

¹ separate amount; parts of sth

ADJ. big, huge, large, long | little, short, small, tiny The plate smashed into little pieces on the stone floor. | bite-sized The book breaks the information into bite-sized pieces. | equal | odd She makes her sculptures out of odd pieces of scrap metal.

PREP. in ~s The vase was now in pieces on the kitchen floor. | ~ of a piece of bread A few pieces of the jigsaw were missing.

PHRASES bits and pieces I just need to get a few bits and pieces at the supermarket. | break/smash into pieces The cake just broke into pieces when I cut it. | come to pieces This chair comes to pieces. | fall to pieces My old dictionary is falling to pieces. | piece by piece We'll need to take the engine apart, piece by piece. | smash sth to pieces, take sth to pieces Can I take this jigsaw to pieces? | tear sth into/to pieces She tore the letter into tiny pieces.

² of art/music/writing, etc.

ADJ. amazing, beautiful, brilliant, fine, good, impressive, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, remarkable, superb, wonderful The best pieces include three paintings by El Greco. | effective, powerful This is an effective piece of writing. | atmospheric, dramatic | interesting | favourite | important | ambitious | original an original piece written specifically for the producer | short a short piece by Willie Simmonds on television satire | finished | occasional an occasional piece on the lives of ordinary people | centre (also centrepiece) | companion a companion piece to the portrait of Gauguin's empty chair | modern, period, traditional | choral, orchestral, piano | museum

VERB + PIECE compose, produce, write He hasn't produced a single piece of writing this year. | commission | perform, play, sing | read, hear | publish | display, exhibit, show

PIECE + VERB be called sth, be entitled sth

PREP. ~ by They are exhibiting two important pieces by Calder. | ~ for a piece for symphony orchestra, choir and four soloists | ~ from She read a piece from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. | ~ of a piece of jewellery

PHRASES a piece of music/sculpture/work/writing
More information about ART WORKS

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a separate part of a whole

  an important piece of the evidence

• an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
• a portion of a natural object; part

  they analyzed the river into three parts

  he needed a piece of granite

• a musical work that has been created; musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music

  the composition is written in four movements

• an instance of some kind; bit

  it was a nice piece of work

  he had a bit of good luck

• an artistic or literary composition

  he wrote an interesting piece on Iran

  the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests

• a portable gun; firearm, small-arm

  he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster

• a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; slice

  a piece of pie

  a slice of bread

• a distance

  it is down the road a piece

• a work of art of some artistic value; objet d'art, art object

  this store sells only objets d'art

  it is not known who created this piece

• a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; while, spell, patch

  he was here for a little while

  I need to rest for a piece

  a spell of good weather

  a patch of bad weather

• a share of something; slice

  a slice of the company's revenue

• game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; man

  he taught me to set up the men on the chess board

  he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage

v.

• to join or unite the pieces of; patch

  patch the skirt

• create by putting components or members together; assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together

  She pieced a quilt

  He tacked together some verses

  They set up a committee

• join during spinning

  piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings

• eat intermittently; take small bites of; nibble, pick

  He pieced at the sandwich all morning

  She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles

• repair by adding pieces; patch

  She pieced the china cup

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English Slang Dictionary

1. a gun
2. a work of graffiti art (short for masterpiece)
3. sexual intercourse:"I'm gonna go get me a piece" See want a piece of someone
4. see also stray piece

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Bloomberg Financial Glossary

件|片|块件，片，块
Apply mainly to convertible securities. Increment of bonds that trade in portions of $1000 minimum. Not all bonds can be traded in "pieces," and the increments can vary.

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

pieces|pieced|piecing
syn.: bit division part portion section segment share