: consisting of or made in three pieces
a three-piece suit

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The chain has tried to step up its value offerings recently, first with promotion of three-piece bone-in chicken for $5 and then with the reintroduction of its Big Box deal at $6. Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024 Nia ends up losing for the girls, having traveled the least distance, and Theo loses for the boys, taking about 18 minutes to solve the three-piece triangle puzzle that production probably borrowed from a pre-school in Ho Chi Minh City. Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024 If you’re already stocked with enough high thread count sheets and just need the comforter, this three-piece floral design has over 700 perfect ratings. Megan Schaltegger, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024 True to her word, the British actress sported an oversized, white three-piece suit from the new capsule. Violet Goldstone, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for three-piece 

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of three-piece was in 1904

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“Three-piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/three-piece. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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