Main entry: small-arm, firearm, piece
Definition: a portable gun
Usage: he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster
Definition: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
Usage: he taught me to set up the men on the chess board; he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage
Main entry: objet d'art, piece, art object
Definition: a work of art of some artistic value
Usage: this store sells only objets d'art; it is not known who created this piece
Main entry: piece
Definition: a separate part of a whole
Usage: an important piece of the evidence
Main entry: piece
Definition: an item that is an instance of some type
Usage: he designed a new piece of equipment; she bought a lovely piece of china;
Main entry: piece
Definition: a distance
Usage: it is down the road a piece
Main entry: piece
Definition: an artistic or literary composition
Usage: he wrote an interesting piece on Iran; the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests
Main entry: piece, piece of music, opus, musical composition, composition
Definition: a musical work that has been created
Usage: the composition is written in four movements
Definition: an instance of some kind
Usage: it was a nice piece of work; he had a bit of good luck
Definition: a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
Usage: a piece of pie; a slice of bread
Definition: a portion of a natural object
Usage: they analyzed the river into three parts; he needed a piece of granite
Definition: a share of something
Usage: a slice of the company's revenue
Main entry: while, patch, piece, spell
Definition: a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
Usage: he was here for a little while; I need to rest for a piece; a spell of good weather; a patch of bad weather
Definition: repair by adding pieces
Usage: She pieced the china cup
Main entry: pick, piece, nibble
Definition: eat intermittently; take small bites of
Usage: He pieced at the sandwich all morning; She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
Main entry: piece
Definition: join during spinning
Usage: piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings
Definition: to join or unite the pieces of
Usage: patch the skirt
Main entry: set up, assemble, tack, tack together, put together, piece
Definition: create by putting components or members together
Usage: She pieced a quilt; He tacked together some verses; They set up a committee