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piece
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firearm, piece, small-arm
 a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
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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"
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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"
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piece
 a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"
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piece
 an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
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piece
 a distance; "it is down the road a piece"
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piece
 an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
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musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
 a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
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piece, bit
 an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"
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10 piece, slice
 a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread"
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11 part, piece
 a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
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12 slice, piece
 a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue"
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13 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"
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Bverb
piece, patch
 repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
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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"
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piece
 join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
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patch, piece
 to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
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assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
 make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"
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