Definitions for pieces

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pieces piece

Spelling: [pees]

IPA: /pis/

Pieces is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in pieces (ceeips).

Definitions for pieces

noun

1. a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
2. a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body:
3. a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole:
4. a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market:
5. an amount of work forming a single job:
6. an example of workmanship, especially of artistic production, as a picture or a statue:
7. a literary or journalistic composition, usually short, in prose or verse.
8. a literary selection for recitation:
9. a musical composition.
10. one of the parts that, when assembled, form a whole:
11. an individual article of a set or collection:
12. Chess, Checkers. one of the figures, disks, blocks, or the like, of wood, ivory, or other material, used in playing, as on a board or table. (in chess) a superior man, as distinguished from a pawn:
13. a token, charm, or amulet:
14. an individual thing of a particular class or kind:
15. an example, specimen, or instance of something:
16. one of the parts into which a thing is destructively divided or broken; a part, fragment, or shred:
17. Military. a soldier's rifle, pistol, etc. a cannon or other unit of ordnance:
18. a coin:
19. Midland and Southern U.S. a distance:
20. Chiefly North Midland U.S. a snack.
21. Also called piece of ass. Slang: Vulgar. Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a person, usually a woman, considered as a sexual partner: sexual intercourse:

Idioms

1. give someone a piece of one's mind. mind (def 38).
2. go to pieces, to break into fragments. to lose control of oneself; become emotionally or physically upset:
3. of a piece, of the same kind; harmonious; consistent. Also, of one piece.
4. piece of the action. action (def 23).
5. piece of work, an extraordinary person, especially one who has extremely negative qualities:
6. speak one's piece, to express one's opinion; reveal one's thoughts upon a subject:

verb (used with object)

1. to mend (a garment, article, etc.) by adding, joining, or applying a piece or pieces; patch.
2. to complete, enlarge, or extend by an added piece or something additional (often followed by out):
3. to make by or as if by joining pieces (often followed by together):
4. to join together, as pieces or parts:
5. to join as a piece or addition to something:
6. to assemble into a meaningful whole by combining available facts, information, details, etc.:

verb (used without object)

1. Chiefly North Midland U.S. to eat small portions of food between meals; snack.

Origin of pieces

1175-1225; Middle English pece Old French Gaulish *pettia; akin to Breton pez piece, Welsh, Cornish peth thing

Examples for pieces

This happens in the art world as well, where it can be more profitable to parcel off pieces of ancient vases.

Think Afghanistan and pieces of all the countries that surround it, including and especially Iran.

They ruled only a few years and then their domains fell to pieces.

Cook until tender, but not so long that it will fall to pieces.

The body of the French squire had been dragged out by them and hacked to pieces.

The bond was delivered to Fox, who tore it up and flung the pieces into the fire.

What could a heart then do but tear itself to pieces, think-thinking?

Just because two pieces of malware share a common ancestry, it obviously does not mean they share a common operator.

There were a lot of little pieces, pieces of lead and stuff.

The pieces are near-identical, excepting the signature buttons on the Chanel suit and a few small tailoring details.