Definition of: piece

(pēs) noun
1. A small portion considered as forming or having formed a distinct part of a whole.
2. A portion or quantity existing as an individual entity or mass: a piece of paper; a piece of music.
3. An object considered as forming one of a class or group: a piece of furniture, luggage, etc.
4. A definite quantity or length in which an article is manufactured or sold.
5. An instance; specimen; example: a piece of luck.
6. A firearm.
7. A coin: a fifty–cent piece.
8. A literary composition.
9. A drama; play.
10. A picture.
11. A musical composition.
12. Dial. A short time, space, or distance: to walk a piece.
13. Archaic or Dial. A person; individual.
14. Any of the figures used in the game of chess; technically, any man but the pawns.
15. One of the disks or counters used in checkers, backgammon, etc.
—a piece of one's mind Criticism or censure frankly expressed.
—in one piece Unharmed; intact.
—of a piece
1. Of the same kind, sort, or class.
2. Of one piece; undivided.
—to go to pieces
1. To fall apart.
2. To lose moral or emotional self–control.
—to speak one's piece To voice one's opinions.
—adjective Of, made of, or by the piece.
—v.t. pieced, piec·ing
1. To add or attach a piece or pieces to, as for enlargement.
2. To unite or reunite the pieces of, as in mending.
3. To unite (parts or fragments) into a whole.
4. To find meaning or coherence in by linking elements: often with together: to piece together a sequence of events from the testimony of eyewitnesses. ♦ Homophone: peace. [<OF pece <LL pettia (assumed), prob. uit. <Celtic. Cf. Welsh peth little.]