Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)piecea separate part of a whole“an important piece of the evidence” (n)piece, partan item that is an instance of some type“he designed a new piece of equipment”,
“she bought a lovely piece of china”,
“my dog swallowed a Lego part” (n)part, piecea portion of a natural object“they analyzed the river into three parts”,
“he needed a piece of granite” (n)piece, bitan instance of some kind“it was a nice piece of work”,
“he had a bit of good luck” (n)piecean artistic or literary composition“he wrote an interesting piece on Iran”,
“the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests” (n)piece, slicea serving that has been cut from a larger portion“a piece of pie”,
“a slice of bread” (n)piecea distance“it is down the road a piece” (n)objet d'art, art object, piecea work of art of some artistic value“this store sells only objets d'art”,
“it is not known who created this piece” (n)while, piece, spell, patcha 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” (n)slice, piecea share of something“a slice of the company's revenue” (n)man, piecegame 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” Verbs
(v)patch, pieceto join or unite the pieces of“patch the skirt” (v)piecejoin during spinning“piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings” (v)nibble, pick, pieceeat intermittently; take small bites of“He pieced at the sandwich all morning”,
“She never eats a full meal — she just nibbles” (v)piece, patchrepair by adding pieces“She pieced the china cup”