Definitions of piece:

• noun:   a separate part of a whole

  Example: "An important piece of the evidence"

• noun:   an item that is an instance of some type

  Example: "He designed a new piece of equipment"

• noun:   a distance

  Example: "It is down the road a piece"

• noun:   an artistic or literary composition

  Example: "He wrote an interesting piece on Iran"

• noun:   an instance of some kind

  Example: "It was a nice piece of work"

• noun:   a serving that has been cut from a larger portion

  Example: "A piece of pie"

• noun:   a portable gun
• noun:   game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games

  Example: "He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"

• noun:   a portion of a natural object

  Example: "He needed a piece of granite"

• noun:   a share of something
• noun:   a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

  Example: "I need to rest for a piece"

• noun:   a work of art of some artistic value

  Example: "It is not known who created this piece"

• noun:   a musical work that has been created
• verb:   repair by adding pieces

  Example: "She pieced the china cup"

• verb:   join during spinning

  Example: "Piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"

• verb:   to join or unite the pieces of
• verb:   make by putting pieces together

  Example: "She pieced a quilt"

• verb:   eat intermittently; take small bites of

  Example: "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"