Piece
Piece verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.
Usage example: you might want to piece together a quilt from those odd patches of cloth
Set up
Set up verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.
Usage example: set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Tetris. How many times has anyone set up a nice tall one-column shaft for a Tetris, only to plug up the shaft with another piece or worse, the I-piece itself?
Source: Negated Moment of Awesome - She always goes extra lengths to set up intricate stories, split them up into tiny little bits, shuffle them thoroughly and drops piece by piece in front of the viewer one at a time.
Source: Analysis / Yasuko Kobayashi -
Subverted in Training Day: the apprentice of the piece is being set up by Denzel Washington's mentor.
Source: The Apprentice
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