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| Main Entry: | piece |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put together |
| Synonyms: | assemble, combine, compose, create, fix, join, make, mend, patch, repair, restore, unite |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | piece |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part |
| Synonyms: | allotment, bit, bite, chunk, cut, division, dole, end, example, fraction, fragment, half, hunk, instance, interest, iota, item, length, lot, lump, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, percentage, portion, quantity, quota, sample, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice, specimen, gob, smithereen |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | piece |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work of art, music, writing |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, article, bit, composition, creation, discourse, dissertation, engraving, exposition, icon, item, painting, paper, part, photograph, print, production, sketch, song, statue, study, theme, thesis, treatise, treatment, vignette, work, lines |
| Main Entry: | allotment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion assigned or given |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, quota, ration, share, slice, split, stint*, cut of pie, piece of the action, rake off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass, slab of something |
| Synonyms: | block, clod, dollop, glob, hunk, lump, nugget, part, piece, portion, wad, gob |
| Main Entry: | coin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | metallic money |
| Synonyms: | bread*, cash, change, chicken feed*, chips*, coinage, currency, dough, gold, legal tender, money, piece, scratch*, silver, small change*, copper, doubloon, jack, meter money, mintage, specie |
| Antonyms: | bill, dollar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compartment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section, subdivision |
| Synonyms: | alcove, area, bay, berth, booth, carriage, category, cell, chamber, corner, cubbyhole, cubicle, department, division, hole, locker, niche, nook, part, piece, pigeonhole, place, portion, slot, stall, carrel |
| Main Entry: | component |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, element |
| Synonyms: | constituent, factor, fixings, ingredient, item, making, peripheral, piece, segment, unit, makings, plug-in |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | dollop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump |
| Synonyms: | bit, blob, glob, mass, piece, portion, gob |
| Main Entry: | excerpt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | citation; something taken from a whole |
| Synonyms: | extract, fragment, notation, note, part, passage, piece, portion, quotation, quote, saying, section, selection, pericope |
| Antonyms: | insert, whole |
| Main Entry: | fee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge for service or privilege |
| Synonyms: | account, ante*, bill, bite*, chunk*, commission, compensation, consideration, cost, cut*, emolument, end*, expense, gravy*, handle, hire, honorarium, house*, juice*, pay, payment, percentage, piece*, price, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, share, slice*, stipend, take*, toll, wage, piece of the action, rake-off, take-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fitting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accessory |
| Synonyms: | appointment, attachment, component, connection, convenience, equipment, extra, furniture, instrument, paraphernalia, part, piece, trimming, unit, accouterment, furnishing |
| Main Entry: | fragment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, chip |
| Synonyms: | ace, atom, bit, bite, chunk, crumb, cut, end, fraction, grain, hunk, iota, job*, lump*, morsel, particle, piece, portion, remnant, scrap, share, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, gob, minim, smithereen |
| Antonyms: | entirety, total, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon that shoots |
| Synonyms: | 9 mm., cannon, difference*, hardware*, musket, ordnance, piece*, pistol, rifle, rod*, Saturday-night special, Uzi, blaster, equalizer, flintlock, forty-five, handgun, howitzer, magnum, mortar, peashooter, persuader, revolver, shotgun, thirty-eight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | helping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of food |
| Synonyms: | allowance, course, dollop, meal, order, piece, ration, serving, share, plateful |
| Main Entry: | hunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid material |
| Synonyms: | batch, bit, block, bulk, bunch, clod, glob, loaf, lump, mass, morsel, nugget, piece, pile, portion, quantity, slab, slice, wad, wedge, a lot, gob, large piece, loads |
| Main Entry: | ingredient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | component of concoction |
| Synonyms: | additive, constituent, element, factor, fixing, fundamental, innards, integral, making, part, part and parcel, piece, integrant |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | investment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given, lent for a return |
| Synonyms: | advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, flutter, grant, hunch, inside, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase, speculation, stab*, stake, transaction, venture, interests, investing, smart money, spec, vested interests |
| Antonyms: | divestment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | item |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, article |
| Synonyms: | account, aspect, bit, blurb*, bulletin, column, component, consideration, detail, dispatch, element, entry, feature, incidental, information, matter, news, note, notice, novelty, particular, piece, point, report, scoop*, scrap, specific, story, thing, write-up, conversation piece, minor point, minutia, paragraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kernel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seed, essence |
| Synonyms: | atom, bit, center, core, crux, fruit, germ, gist, grain, heart, hub, keynote, marrow, matter, meat, morsel, nub, nut, part, piece, pith, root, substance, upshot, nubbin |
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