piece of work

Definition of Piece Of Work in English :

Noun

1. piece of work, work

a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing

Example Sentences:
'it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works'
'the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work'
'he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey'
'the work of an active imagination'
'erosion is the work of wind or water over time'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Piece Of Work

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a person who is regarded as eccentric, difficult, etc.

Piece Of Work

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n.

1. A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion: a piece of string.

2. A portion or part that has been separated from a whole: a piece of pie.

3. An object that is one member of a group or class: a piece of furniture.

4. An artistic, musical, or literary work or composition: "They are lively and well-plotted pieces, both in prose" (Tucker Brooke).

5. An instance; a specimen: a piece of sheer folly.

6. What one has to say about something; an opinion: speak one's piece.

7. A coin: a ten-cent piece.

8. Games

a. One of the counters or figures used in playing various board games.

b. Any one of the chess figures other than a pawn.

9. Slang A firearm, especially a rifle.

10. Informal A given distance: "There was farm country down the road on the right a piece" (James Agee).

tr.v. pieced, piec·ing, piec·es

1. To mend by adding pieces or a piece to: piece a dress.

2. To join or unite the pieces of: He pieced together the vase. She pieced together an account of what had gone on during the stormy meeting.

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