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Yes. The word piece is a Scrabble US word. The word piece is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word piece is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

PIECE,

4-letter words (3 found)

CEPE,EPIC,PICE,

3-letter words (7 found)

CEE,CEP,ICE,PEC,PEE,PIC,PIE,

2-letter words (3 found)

EE,PE,PI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from piece according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of piece

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Definitions and meaning of piece

piece

Alternative forms

  • peece (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English pece, peece, peice, from Old French piece, from Late Latin petia, pettia, possibly from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (piece, portion); doublet of English fit, fytte, fytt (musical piece, chapter), Icelandic fit (web), German Fitze (skein), from Old High German *fitjâ. Compare Welsh peth, Breton pez (thing), Irish cuid. Compare French pièce, Portuguese peça, Spanish pieza, Italian pezza, Italian pezzo.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pēs, IPA(key): /piːs/
  • Rhymes: -iːs
  • Homophone: peace

Noun

piece (plural pieces)

  1. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
  2. A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
  3. (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.
    Synonym: game piece
  4. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
    a sixpenny piece
  5. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:musical composition
  6. An article published in the press.
  7. (military) An artillery gun.
  8. (US, colloquial) A gun.
  9. (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
  10. (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
  11. (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
  12. (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
  13. (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
  14. (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
  15. (dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
  16. (obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.
  17. (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pacifier
  18. (colloquial) A distance.
  19. (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
  20. An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
  21. (slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.

Usage notes

When used as a baseball term, the term is figurative in that the baseball is almost never broken into pieces. It is rare in modern baseball for the cover of a baseball to even partially tear loose. In professional baseball, several new, not previously played baseballs are used in each game.

It could be argued that the phrase was never meant (not even metaphorically) to refer to breaking the ball into pieces, and that "get a piece of the ball" means the bat contacts only a small area of the ball - in other words, that the ball is hit off-center. In that case "get" would mean "succeed in hitting", not "obtain".

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:piece

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: pisi
  • Finnish: biisi
  • Japanese: ピース (pīsu)

Translations

See also

  • chunk
  • bit
  • peace

Verb

piece (third-person singular simple present pieces, present participle piecing, simple past and past participle pieced)

  1. (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
  2. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
  3. (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

Derived terms

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French piece, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (piece, portion).

Noun

piece f (plural pieces)

  1. piece, bit, part
  2. moment (duration of time)

Descendants

  • French: pièce
    • Danish: pjece
    • Northern Kurdish: piyes
    • Norwegian:
      Norwegian Bokmål: piece
    • Ottoman Turkish: پیه‌س (piyes)
      • Turkish: piyes (play - in a theatre)
    • Romanian: piesă
    • Russian: пье́са (pʹjésa)
      • Armenian: պիես (pies)
      • Georgian: პიესა (ṗiesa)
      • Kazakh: пьеса (pesa)
    • Swedish: pjäs
    • Yiddish: פּיעסע (pyese)
  • Norman: pièche (Jersey)

References

  • piece on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • pece

Etymology

From Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (piece, portion).

Noun

piece oblique singularf (oblique plural pieces, nominative singular piece, nominative plural pieces)

  1. piece, bit, part

Descendants

  • Middle French: piece
    • French: pièce
      • Danish: pjece
      • Northern Kurdish: piyes
      • Norwegian:
        Norwegian Bokmål: piece
      • Ottoman Turkish: پیه‌س (piyes)
        • Turkish: piyes (play - in a theatre)
      • Romanian: piesă
      • Russian: пье́са (pʹjésa)
        • Armenian: պիես (pies)
        • Georgian: პიესა (ṗiesa)
        • Kazakh: пьеса (pesa)
      • Swedish: pjäs
      • Yiddish: פּיעסע (pyese)
    • Norman: pièche (Jersey)
  • Walloon: pîce
  • Middle English: pece, pese, pesse, peace, pease, peise, pice, pise, piece, piese, pecche
    • English: piece, peece
      • Sranan Tongo: pisi
      • Finnish: biisi
      • Japanese: ピース (pīsu)
    • Yola: peece
    • Middle Irish: pissa
      • Irish: píosa
    • Scottish Gaelic: pìos

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjɛ.t͡sɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt͡sɛ
  • Syllabification: pie‧ce

Noun

piece m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of piec

Source: wiktionary.org