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piece
Noun
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A piece is a part of something that can be or has been separated from it.
The man cut a piece of meat and a piece of cake for dinner.
I own a piece of land in the country.
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A piece is one example of a class or set of things.
He put a piece of wood on the fire.
Can I have a piece of paper to write on?
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A piece is something that is made by an artist.
The piece of music was beautiful.
I thought his earlier pieces were more creative than his more recent stuff.
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In board games, a piece is an object that can be moved to mark your position.
There are six types of chess pieces in the game of chess: the pawn, the knight, the bishop, the rook, the queen, and the king.
piece
Verb
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If you piece something together, you use bring together enough information to understand something.
They gathered enough information to piece together the family history.
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If you piece something together, you put the pieces together.
The scientists moved their shop to an empty parking lot to piece together all the bones.
counter
Noun
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A counter is a flat surface to work on, often in a kitchen.
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A counter is a small coin-shaped object, often used in games.
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A counter is someone who counts.
counter
Preposition
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If mathx/math is counter to mathy/math, it is against mathy/math.