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Antonyms for piece
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pees |
| Phonetic Transcription : pis |
Definition of piece
Origin :- c.1200, "fixed amount, measure, portion," from Old French piece "piece, bit portion; item; coin" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *pettia, probably from Gaulish *pettsi (cf. Welsh peth "thing," Breton pez "piece, a little"), perhaps from an Old Celtic base *kwezd-i-, from PIE root *kwezd- "a part, piece" (cf. Russian chast' "part"). Related: Pieces.
- Sense of "portable firearm" first recorded 1580s; that of "chessman" is from 1560s. Meaning "person regarded as a sex object" is first recorded 1785 (cf. piece of ass, human beings colloquially called piece of flesh from 1590s; cf. also Latin scortum "bimbo, anyone available for a price," literally "skin"). Meaning "a portion of a distance" is from 1610s; that of "literary composition" dates from 1530s. Piece of (one's) mind is from 1570s. Piece of work "remarkable person" echoes Hamlet. Piece as "a coin" is attested in English from 1570s, hence Piece of eight, old name for the Spanish dollar (c.1600) of the value of 8 reals.
- PIECE. A wench. A damned good or bad piece; a girl who is more or less active and skilful in the amorous congress. Hence the (Cambridge) toast, may we never have a PIECE (peace) that will injure the constitution. ["Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence," London, 1811]
- noun part
- noun work of art, music, writing
- verb put together
- Round this a piece of leather is stretched and dressed with emery.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
- This piece, with the exception of a few lines, has appeared in the Athenaeum.
- Extract from : « Poems » by Matilda Betham
- But I was proposing--I wanted to deed that piece of marsh to you boys!
- Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- Her mother had brought her a piece of seed-cake and a cup of milk with the cream on it.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- I dismounted, and went forward to strike it with a piece of wood.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- This consists in placing a piece of white paper in the oven.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- The ribs and the loin cut in one piece are shown in Fig. 18.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- From this piece are obtained the most desirable chops and roasts.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- It was worth while going to Chteau-Chinon for the sight of such a piece of antiquity as that!
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Even such a piece of information, however, hardly reassured us.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
Synonyms for piece
- allotment
- arrangement
- article
- assemble
- bit
- bite
- chunk
- combine
- compose
- composition
- create
- creation
- cut
- discourse
- dissertation
- division
- dole
- end
- engraving
- example
- exposition
- fix
- fraction
- fragment
- gob
- half
- hunk
- icon
- instance
- interest
- iota
- item
- join
- length
- lines
- lot
- lump
- make
- member
- mend
- moiety
- morsel
- painting
- paper
- parcel
- part
- patch
- percentage
- photograph
- portion
- production
- quantity
- quota
- repair
- restore
- sample
- scrap
- section
- segment
- share
- shred
- sketch
- slice
- smithereen
- song
- specimen
- statue
- study
- theme
- thesis
- treatise
- treatment
- unite
- vignette
- work
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