"of a piece" meaning in All languages combined

See of a piece on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-of a piece.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From an obsolete sense of a (“the same”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|a||the same}} a (“the same”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} of a piece
  1. (idiomatic) Of the same kind. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (of the same kind): of a blood, of a feather, of a kind Translations (of the same kind): aus einem Guss (German), einheitlich (German)
    Sense id: en-of_a_piece-en-prep_phrase-SV7s1SvM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English non-constituents Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English non-constituents: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'of the same kind': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'of the same kind': 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of, a, piece. Derived forms: of a piece with Related terms: all one, monolithic
    Sense id: en-of_a_piece-en-prep_phrase-0G00qBvX

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