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A p____ of an object is one of the individual parts or sections which it is made of, especially a part that can be removed.A piece of an object is one of the individual parts or sections which it is made of, especially a part that can be removed.
...assembling objects out of standard pieces.
The equipment was taken down the shaft in pieces.
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A piece of something is an amount of it that has been broken off, torn off, or cut off.
...a piece of cake.
...a piece of wood.
...a few words scrawled on a piece of paper.
Cut the ham into pieces.
Do you want another piece?
A piece of an object is one of the individual parts or sections which it is made of, especially a part that can be removed.
...assembling objects out of standard pieces.
The equipment was taken down the shaft in pieces.
A piece of land is an area of land.
People struggle to get the best piece of land.
You can use piece of with many uncount nouns to refer to an individual thing of a particular kind . For example, you can refer to some advice as a piece of advice .
When I produced this piece of work, my lecturers were very critical.
It is a highly complex piece of legislation.
...an interesting piece of information.
...a sensitive piece of equipment used to detect radiation.
...a sturdy piece of furniture.
What essential piece of clothing would you take?
You can refer to an article in a newspaper or magazine, some music written by someone, a broadcast, or a play as a piece .
I disagreed with Andrew Russell over his piece on British Rail.
...a vaguely familiar orchestral piece.
The day after his death there was a piece about him on television.
You can refer to a work of art as a piece .
Each piece is unique, an exquisite painting of a real person, done on ivory.
None of the pieces is insured.
You can refer to specific coins as pieces . For example, a 10 p piece is a coin that is worth 10p.
The pieces which you use when you play a board game such as chess are the specially made objects which you move around on the board.
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A piece of something is part of it or a share of it.
They got a small piece of the net profits and a screen credit.
In the bidding frenzy, everyone wanted a piece of the company.
inflections piecespiecingpieced
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