Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

of a piece

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables: of a -piece
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Of the same kind.

prep_phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of, a, piece.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: all one, all the same, cut from the same cloth, of the same stripe, monolithic"
"Strange as this expectation appears to us, it is quite of a piece with early modes of thought."
"Further along, the road passes a low E-shape of red-brick estate buildings, obviously modern, yet all of a piece with this sensible, attractive and businesslike village."

Etymology

From an obsolete sense of a (“the same”).

Phrases

of a piece with same difference

Frequently Paired Words

same difference

Synonyms

of a kind of a blood of a feather all one all the same cut from the same cloth of the same stripe monolithic

Questions

What does of a piece mean?: Of the same kind.
Where does of a piece come from?: From an obsolete sense of a (“the same”).

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