Collins English-English Dictionary

piece [piːs]

1. 1. n an amount or portion forming a separate mass or structure; bit

   a piece of wood

2. 2. n a small part, item, or amount forming part of a whole, esp when broken off or separated

   a piece of bread

3. 3. n a length by which a commodity is sold, esp cloth, wallpaper, etc

4. 4. n an instance or occurrence

   a piece of luck

5. 5. n [slang] a girl or woman regarded as an object of sexual attraction

   a nice piece

6. 6. n an example or specimen of a style or type, such as an article of furniture

   a beautiful piece of Dresden china

7. 7. n [informal] an opinion or point of view

   to state one's piece

8. 8. n a literary, musical, or artistic composition

9. 9. n a coin having a value as specified

   fifty-pence piece

10. 10. n a small object, often individually shaped and designed, used in playing certain games, esp board games

    chess pieces

11. 11. n a firearm or cannon

12. 12. n (in combination)

    fowling-piece

13. 13. n any chessman other than a pawn

14. 14. n [US and Canadian] a short time or distance

    down the road a piece

15. 15. n [Scot and English] [dialect] a slice of bread or a sandwich

16. 16. n a packed lunch taken to work, school, etc

17. 17. n [usually plural] [Austral and NZ] fragments of fleece wool - See also oddment

18. 18. vt. [tr] [often foll by together] to fit or assemble piece by piece

19. 19. vt. [often foll by up] to patch or make up (a garment) by adding pieces

20. 20. vt. [textiles] to join (broken threads) during spinning

21. 21. vt. See also piece out

22. 22. vt. [Etymology] C13 pece, from Old French, of Gaulish origin; compare Breton pez piece, Welsh peth portion

23. 23. n the principal or most outstanding item in a series or creative artist's work

24. 24. n the main dish of a meal

25. 25. n [Etymology] lit: piece of resistance