"game piece" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: game pieces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} game piece (plural game pieces)
  1. A hand-held object representing a player or some other entity in a board game. Wikipedia link: Carcassonne_(board_game) Synonyms: gamepiece Hyponyms: chessman, chess piece, man, meeple Related terms: board game piece Translations (hand-held object in board game): nappula (Finnish), pelinappula (Finnish), Spielfigur [feminine] (German), Figur [feminine] (German), bábu (Hungarian), طاش (taş) (Ottoman Turkish), pionek [masculine] (Polish), ficha [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-game_piece-en-noun-VNurCRfG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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