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unpiece

unpiece verb: to disassemble piece by piece.

Verb

unpiece (third-person singular simple present unpieces, present participle unpiecing, simple past and past participle unpieced)

  1. (transitive) To disassemble piece by piece.
    • While almost anyone who’s watched a TLC rehab show can rip out a kitchen cabinet, unpiecing an entire house without having the roof collapse isn’t a job for the uninitiated.2007 October 18, Kristina Shevory, “Recycling the Whole House”, in New York Times

Forms of unpiece

third-person singular presentunpieces
present participleunpiecing
past participleunpieced
pastunpieced

Origin of unpiece

From un- + piece.

Questions about unpiece

What does unpiece mean?
Unpiece means to disassemble piece by piece.
What part of speech is unpiece?
Unpiece is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpiece?
The past tense of unpiece is unpieced.

Words near unpiece in the dictionary

  1. unpictureable
  2. unpictured
  3. unpicturesque
  4. unpicturesquely
  5. unpicturesqueness
  6. unpiece
  7. unpieced
  8. unpieces
  9. unpiecing
  10. unpied
  11. unpierceable

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