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  • 41piece — n. figure used in a game 1) chess pieces coin 2) a fifty cent; gold; ten cent piece an artistic work 3) a collector s piece (BE; CE has collector s item) 4) a conversation piece 5) a piece of music unit 6) by the piece fragment 7) to break into… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 42Pièce — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Pièce », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le mot pièce a plusieurs significations :… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 43piece*/*/*/ — [piːs] noun [C] I 1) an individual object of a particular type I ve used four pieces of paper already.[/ex] a piece of equipment/furniture[/ex] Police found several pieces of clothing.[/ex] 2) a single instance or amount of something of a… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 44piece — Synonyms and related words: Grand Guignol, Nachtmusik, Passion play, Tom show, absolute music, actor, adaptation, aesthetic distance, air, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, alike, allotment, allowance, antagonist, antihero, antimasque,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 45piece — noun 1》 a portion of an object or of material produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole. 2》 an item used in constructing something or forming part of a set; a component.     ↘an instance or example: a crucial piece of evidence. 3》 a… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 46piece — {{11}}piece (n.) early 13c., fixed amount, measure, portion, from O.Fr. piece (11c.), from V.L. *pettia, probably from Gaulish (Cf. Welsh peth thing, Breton pez piece ), perhaps from an Old Celtic base *pett . Related: Pieces. Sense of portable… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 47piece —    1. a female viewed sexually by a male    Literally, a part of something and a synonym of bit1:     The greatest little piece in the business, and for half a page in your rag she ll do it. (Deighton, 1972)    More often as a piece of arse or… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 48piece — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, of Gaulish origin; akin to Welsh peth thing Date: 13th century 1. a part of a whole: as a. fragment < pieces of broken glass > b. any of the individual members&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 49piece — See: BY THE PIECE, CONVERSATION PIECE, GIVE A PIECE OF ONE S MIND, GO TO PIECES, OF A PIECE, PIECE OF CAKE, SAY ONE S PIECE or SPEAK ONE S PIECE, TO PIECES …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 50piece — See: BY THE PIECE, CONVERSATION PIECE, GIVE A PIECE OF ONE S MIND, GO TO PIECES, OF A PIECE, PIECE OF CAKE, SAY ONE S PIECE or SPEAK ONE S PIECE, TO PIECES …

    Dictionary of American idioms