- piece
- noun1 separate amount; parts of sthADJECTIVE▪ big, huge, large, long▪ little, short, small, tiny▪
The plate smashed into little pieces on the stone floor.
▪ bite-size, bite-sized▪The book breaks the information into bite-sized pieces. (figurative)
▪ equal▪ missing▪ odd▪She makes her sculptures out of odd pieces of scrap metal.
▪ jigsaw (BrE), puzzleVERB + PIECE▪ assemble, glue (back) together, put (back) together▪ scatterPREPOSITION▪ in pieces▪The vase was now in pieces on the kitchen floor.
▪ piece of▪a piece of bread
▪A few pieces of the puzzle were missing.
PHRASES▪ bits and pieces▪The album is made up of bits and pieces from previous albums.
▪ break into pieces, smash into pieces▪The cake just broke into pieces when I cut it.
▪ come to pieces▪This chair comes to pieces.
▪ fall to pieces▪My old dictionary is falling to pieces.
▪ piece by piece▪We'll need to take the engine apart, piece by piece.
▪ blow sth to pieces, shoot sth to pieces, smash sth to pieces▪ take sth to pieces (esp. BrE)▪I had to take the car to pieces in order to repair it.
▪ tear sth into pieces, tear sth to pieces▪She tore the letter into tiny pieces.
2 of art, music, writing, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ amazing, beautiful, brilliant, excellent, fine, good, impressive, lovely, magnificent, marvellous/marvelous, remarkable, superb, wonderful▪The best pieces include three paintings by El Greco.
▪ effective, powerful▪This is an effective piece of writing.
▪ atmospheric, dramatic▪ interesting▪ favourite/favorite▪ important▪ ambitious▪ original▪an original piece written specifically for the producer
▪ short▪a short piece by Will Simons on television satire
▪ finished▪ modern, period, traditional▪ choral, orchestral▪ flute, piano, etc.▪ conversation▪ museum▪ occasional▪an occasional piece on the lives of ordinary people
▪ op-ed (AmE), opinion▪ companion▪a companion piece to the portrait of Gauguin's empty chair
▪ party (BrE), set▪ puff (AmE)VERB + PIECE▪ compose, produce, write▪He hasn't produced a single piece of writing this year.
▪ commission▪ perform, play, sing▪ hear, read▪ publish▪ display, exhibit, showPIECE + VERB▪ be called sth, be entitled sth, be titled sth (esp. AmE)PREPOSITION▪ piece by▪They are exhibiting two important pieces by Calder.
▪ piece for▪a piece for symphony orchestra
▪ piece from▪She read a piece from ‘Alice in Wonderland’.
PHRASES▪ a piece of music, a piece of sculpture, a piece of work, a piece of writing
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
