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piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the rest of it. This is a very general word and can be used with most noncount nouns: She wrote her address on a piece of paper. ♦ He cut the pizza into small pieces. ♦ a piece of fruit ♦ a piece of advice

slice a thin, flat piece of food that has been cut off a larger piece: Would you like another slice of cake? ♦ Cut the meat into thin slices. ♦ a slice of lemon/tomato ♦ cheese slices

chunk a thick, solid piece that has been cut or broken off something: There were chunks of ice floating in the lake. ♦ a great big chunk of meat ♦ a chunk of cheese/bread

lump a piece of something hard or solid, especially one without any particular shape: This sauce has lumps in it. ♦ a few lumps of coal ♦ a big lump of dough slab a thick, flat piece of stone, ice, or food: a huge slab of concrete ♦ paving slabs

pie chart / ' pai tjart / noun [ count ]

( MATH ) a diagram that is a circle divided into pieces, showing the size of particular parts in relation to the whole

—Look at flow chart .

pier / pir / noun [ count ]

a long structure that is built from the land into the ocean, where people can walk or get on and off boats

pierce / pirs / verb

( pierc - es , pierc - ing , pierced )

to make a hole in something with a sharp point

The nail pierced her skin.

I'm going to have my ears pierced.

pierc • ing / ' pirsig / adjective

A piercing sound is very loud and unpleasant

a piercing cry

pig О / pig / noun

[count]

a fat animal that people keep on farms for its meat Word building

A young pig is called a piglet .

Meat from a pig is called pork , bacon , or ham .

( informal ) an unkind person, or a person who eats too much

You ate all the cookies, you pig!

pi • geon / ' pid3an / noun [count]

a gray bird that you often see in cities

pig • gy bank / ' pigi ЬжцЬ /

[count]

a small box, often shaped like a pig, that children save money in

pig • let / ' piglat / noun [count]

a young pig

pig • tail / ' pigteil / noun [ count ]

hair that you tie together at the sides of your head She wears her hair in pigtails .

pile 1 Ф / pail/ noun

[count]

a lot of things on top of one another; a large amount of something

Clothes lay in piles on the floor. a pile of earth

pile 2 / pail / verb ( piles , pil ing , piled )

to put a lot of things on top of one another She piled the boxes on the table.

pil • grim / ' pilgram / noun [ count ]

( RELIGION ) a person who travels a long way to a place because it has a special religious meaning

pil • grim • age / ' piigramid3 / noun [ count ]

( RELIGION ) a long trip that a pilgrim makes

pill / pil / noun [ count ] ( HEALTH ) a small, round, hard piece of medicine that you swallow Take one of these pills before every meal.

—SYNONYM tablet

pil • lar / ' pilar / noun [count]

a tall strong piece of stone, wood, or metal that holds up a building

pil • low / ' pilou / noun [count]

a soft thing that you put your head on when you are in bed

pil • low • case / ' piloukeis / noun [ count ] a cover for a pillow pi .lot О / 'paibt/ noun [ count ]

a person who flies an airplane

pim • ple / ' pimpi / noun [ count ]

a small spot on your skin

PIN / pin / ( also PIN num • ber / ' pin ^лшЬэг / ) noun [ count ]

a number that you use with a plastic card to take out money from a cash machine. PIN is short for "personal identification number." pill 1 © / pin/ noun [count]

a small, thin piece of metal with a round part at one end and a sharp point at the other. You use a pin for holding things together or fastening one thing to another.

—Look at safety pin .

a small piece of jewelry that you can wear on a shirt, jacket, etc. She wore a beautiful gold pin on her jacket.

—Look at the picture at jewelry .