a part of a whole, esp a part detached, cut, or broken from a whole, or one of the elements from which something is made
a distinct separate bit or item of something
pieces of paper all over the floor
an instance or occurrence
a piece of good luck
a portion marked off
a piece of land
a standard quantity, e.g. of length, weight, or size, in which something is made or sold
an object or individual regarded as a unit of a kind or class; an example
antique pieces
a literary, artistic, dramatic, or musical work
a passage to be recited
a statement of one's opinion, etc; something one wants to say
have said my piece
a coin, esp of a specified value
a ten-pence piece
a small object of some shape used in playing a board game
a chess piece other than a pawn
a gun
chiefly NAmer, slang a firearm
informal a person, esp a woman
Brit, dialect a snack meal, esp one prepared at home and taken to eat at one's place of work
Scot a sandwich
NAmer, informal a short distance
Aus, NZ (usu in pl) a fragment of fleece or wool
to suffer a mental breakdown; to lose control of oneself, e.g. because of stress, shock, or anger
unharmed; without being damaged
alike; consistent; of the same kind
by one piece after another; in small stages
to dismantle something or reduce it to its component parts
to be able to be dismantled or reduced to component parts
to criticize something severely; to show the faults or flaws in it
to criticize somebody harshly
into fragments