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