piece

/pis/ n [C] (PART)

Definition

› a part of something: a piece of cake/chicken/pizza The vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts). She was so mad that she ripped the letter to pieces (= into small parts).

(Definition of piece n (PART) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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pidgin n
pie chart n
pie in the sky idiom
pie n
piece n ITEM
piece n PART
piece together something phrasal verb
piecemeal adj, adv
piecework n
piecrust n
pier n COLUMN

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