n.
figure used in a game
1) chess ~s
coin
2) a fifty-cent; gold; ten-cent ~
an artistic work
3) a collector's ~ ( BE ; CE has collector's item )
4) a conversation ~
5) a ~ of music
unit
6) by the ~
fragment
7) to break into ~s (the vase fell and broke into small ~s; she broke the dish into ~s)
misc.
8) to go to ~s ('to fall apart'); a solid ~ of work ('high-quality work'); to give smb. a ~ of one's mind ('to tell smb. brusquely what one thinks'); to speak one's ~ ('to state one's opinion frankly'); a ~ of news; ( BE ; colloq. ) a nasty ~ of work ('a nasty person'); to pick a theory to ~s ('to disprove a theory')