piece
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a separate part of a whole
an important piece of the evidence
Types & categories
- part hypernym
- beam hyponym
- piece of cloth hyponym
- piece of leather hyponym
- scrap hyponym
- shard hyponym
- snip hyponym
- spindle hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
to join or unite the pieces of
patch the skirt
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an item that is an instance of some type
he designed a new piece of equipment
Types & categories
- item hypernym
Sense 4 verb
create by putting components or members together
She pieced a quilt
Types & categories
- bring together hypernym
- create hypernym
- confection hyponym
- mix up hyponym
- reassemble hyponym
- configure hyponym
- compound hyponym
- rig up hyponym
Related & opposite
- break apart antonym
- assemblage derivation
- piece derivation
- collection derivation
Sense 5 noun
a portion of a natural object
they analyzed the river into three parts
Types & categories
- thing hypernym
- body part hyponym
- corpus hyponym
- acicula hyponym
- base hyponym
- corner hyponym
- craton hyponym
- cutting hyponym
- fragment hyponym
- hunk hyponym
- stub hyponym
- segment hyponym
- slice hyponym
- strip hyponym
- world hyponym
- North Atlantic instance hyponym
- North Pacific instance hyponym
- South Atlantic instance hyponym
- South Pacific instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- building block part holonym
Sense 6 verb
join during spinning
piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings
Types & categories
- splice hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a musical work that has been created
the composition is written in four movements
Types & categories
- music hypernym
- morceau hyponym
- sheet music hyponym
- musical arrangement hyponym
- realisation hyponym
- intermezzo hyponym
- allegro hyponym
- allegretto hyponym
- andante hyponym
- introit hyponym
- solo hyponym
- duette hyponym
- trio hyponym
- quartette hyponym
- quintet hyponym
- sextet hyponym
- septette hyponym
- octette hyponym
- bagatelle hyponym
- divertimento hyponym
- canon hyponym
- etude hyponym
- pastoral hyponym
- toccata hyponym
- fantasia hyponym
- musical passage hyponym
- movement hyponym
- largo hyponym
- larghetto hyponym
- suite hyponym
- symphonic poem hyponym
- pastiche hyponym
- nocturne hyponym
- adagio hyponym
- song hyponym
- study hyponym
- capriccio hyponym
- motet hyponym
- program music hyponym
- incidental music hyponym
Parts & wholes
- finale part meronym
Related & opposite
- compose derivation
Sense 8 verb
eat intermittently; take small bites of
He pieced at the sandwich all morning
Types & categories
- eat hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
an instance of some kind
it was a nice piece of work
Types & categories
- case hypernym
Sense 10 verb
repair by adding pieces
She pieced the china cup
Types & categories
- fix hypernym
Related & opposite
- piece derivation
Sense 11 noun
an artistic or literary composition
he wrote an interesting piece on Iran
Types & categories
Sense 12 noun
a portable gun
he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster
Types & categories
- gun hypernym
- autoloader hyponym
- muzzle loader hyponym
- pistol hyponym
- repeating firearm hyponym
- rifle hyponym
- riot gun hyponym
- shotgun hyponym
- smoothbore hyponym
- .22 hyponym
Parts & wholes
- firing pin part meronym
- lock part meronym
- sights part meronym
Sense 13 noun
a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
a piece of pie
Types & categories
- serving hypernym
- cutlet hyponym
- fish fillet hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 14 noun
a distance
it is down the road a piece
Types & categories
- distance hypernym
Sense 15 noun
a work of art of some artistic value
this store sells only objets d'art
Types & categories
- work of art hypernym
- virtu hyponym
Sense 16 noun
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
he was here for a little while
Types & categories
- time hypernym
- cold spell hyponym
- hot spell hyponym
- snap hyponym
Sense 17 noun
a share of something
a slice of the company's revenue
Types & categories
- share hypernym
Sense 18 noun
game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
he taught me to set up the men on the chess board
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | patch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | patch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assemble |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | piece of cloth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | piece of leather |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spindle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | patching |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mend |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | patch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | piece |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | conjoin |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vamp |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | item |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | break apart |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | assemblage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | piece |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | collection |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring together |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | confection |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mix up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reassemble |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | configure |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | compound |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rig up |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | building block |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | thing |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | body part |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | corpus |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | acicula |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | base |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | corner |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | craton |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cutting |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fragment |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hunk |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stub |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | segment |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | slice |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | strip |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | world |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | North Atlantic |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | North Pacific |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | South Atlantic |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | South Pacific |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | splice |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | compose |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | finale |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | music |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | morceau |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | sheet music |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | musical arrangement |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | realisation |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | intermezzo |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | allegro |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | allegretto |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | andante |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | introit |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | solo |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | duette |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | trio |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | quartette |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | quintet |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | sextet |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | septette |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | octette |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bagatelle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | divertimento |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | canon |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | etude |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pastoral |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | toccata |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | fantasia |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | musical passage |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | movement |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | largo |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | larghetto |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | suite |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | symphonic poem |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pastiche |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | nocturne |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | adagio |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | song |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | study |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | capriccio |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | motet |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | program music |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | incidental music |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | slice |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | nibbler |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | nibble |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | case |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | piece |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | fix |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | creation |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | article |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | morceau |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | afterpiece |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | fragment |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | hiatus |
| 12 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | firing pin |
| 12 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lock |
| 12 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sights |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | gun |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | autoloader |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | muzzle loader |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | pistol |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | repeating firearm |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | rifle |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | riot gun |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | shotgun |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | smoothbore |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | .22 |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | nibble |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | slice up |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | serving |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | cutlet |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | fish fillet |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | distance |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | work of art |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | virtu |
| 16 | hypernym | Types & categories | time |
| 16 | hyponym | Types & categories | cold spell |
| 16 | hyponym | Types & categories | hot spell |
| 16 | hyponym | Types & categories | snap |
| 17 | hypernym | Types & categories | share |
| 18 | hypernym | Types & categories | game equipment |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | black |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | chequer |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | chessman |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | tile |
| 18 | hyponym | Types & categories | white |