single piece
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3.3
- noun
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de una sola pieza
- The sculpture was crafted from a single piece of marble.
- a single piece of wood
- carved from a single piece
I'm currently wearing every single piece of clothing that I brought.
- I'm currently wearing every single piece of clothing that I brought.
- Every single piece of written word on Twitter and Instagram is me.
- So it's a quick way to get multiple spacers out of a single piece of scrap.
- And to this day, Eridu has not one fence, not one single piece of infrastructure around it at all.
- So when it comes back together and we understand that we're responsible for every single piece of our life.
- You know how to eat every single piece of the pig in a boucherie or whatever, or get crawfish out of the swamp.
Examples
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The jewelry was designed as a single piece, with no detachable parts.
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Each is a massive cuplike support, cast in a single piece.
Academic text (2012) -
No, it's just a single piece.
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-A single piece of paper.
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You see, I have bought every single piece of property here in Legend based on your advice.
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In fact, the entire sword here is a single piece of flexible plastic.
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This was carved out of a single piece of desk.
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We dress in regalia, and every single piece means something special.
Blog text (9) -
Every single piece I curate is bespoke.
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It clearly appears that the prosecution has built its case on a single piece of evidence.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A single thing in a list or collection
495
1.0
An object that belongs to a set, like a chess figure
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5.9
A structure made as one piece that joins body and frame in cars and electronics
Made from one solid piece of material rather than from many parts
Antonyms
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an object considered as one whole unit' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'single' (one unit) with 'piece' (a portion or object). This adjective+noun composition follows standard, cross-linguistic semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Single piece comes from craftwork where something was made from one whole block of wood or stone, a single piece without seams. So, it means 'one whole unit', not several joined parts.