piece

The word “piece” means a part of something larger, especially one that can be separated from the rest. In plain terms, a part of something, a single item, or a creative work.

“Piece” is pronounced pees (/piːs/ in IPA).

Here is “piece” used in a sentence: “A piece of the puzzle was missing from the box.”

Words with a similar meaning to “piece” include bit, chip, chunk, clip, crumb and crumbling.

Depending on how it is used, “piece” can be a noun and a verb.

The word “piece” comes from Old French. From Old French piece, ultimately from a Gaulish Celtic word for a portion or share — related to modern Welsh peth ("thing").

“Piece” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

“Piece” has 4 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a part of something larger, especially one that can be separated from the rest.

They sound identical but mean completely different things. A 'piece' is a part of something larger, like a piece of cake or a piece of the puzzle. 'Peace' means calm or the absence of conflict. If you can swap in the word 'part,' the one you want is piece.

The two overlap, but a piece is usually something that can be broken off or separated as a distinct unit, like a piece of a shattered plate. A part is any component of a whole, whether separable or not, such as part of a plan. Every piece is a part, but not every part is a piece.

A single slice cut from a pizza is a piece, as is one interlocking tile from a jigsaw or a fragment that has snapped off a larger object. Figuratively, 'a piece of the story' means one portion of a bigger whole. The word always signals a part of something larger.