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How to sign: a portion of a natural object
"they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite";
Similiar / Same: part
Categories: thing
Within this category: acicula, base, body part, corner, corpus, craton, cutting, fragment, hunk, nub, segment, slice, strip, world
How to sign: make by putting pieces together
"She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses";
Similiar / Same: assemble, put together, tack together, set up, tack
Categories: bring together, create, join, make
Within this category: compound, confect, configure, jumble, reassemble, rig up
How to sign: a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
"he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather";
Similiar / Same: while, spell, patch
Categories: time
Within this category: cold spell, hot spell, snap
How to sign: a portable gun
"he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster";
Similiar / Same: firearm, small-arm
Categories: gun
Within this category: autoloader, machine gun, muzzle loader, pistol, repeating firearm, rifle, riot gun, shotgun, twenty-two
How to sign: a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
"a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread";
Similiar / Same: slice
