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masterpiece
[mas-ter-pees, mah-ster-]
noun
a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art.
anything done with masterly skill.
a masterpiece of improvisation.
a consummate example of skill or excellence of any kind.
The chef 's cake was a masterpiece.
a piece made by a person aspiring to the rank of master in a guild or other craft organization as a proof of competence.
masterpiece
/ ˈmɑːstəˌpiːs, ˈmɑːstəˌwɜːk /
noun
an outstanding work, achievement, or performance
the most outstanding piece of work of a creative artist, craftsman, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of masterpiece1
Word History and Origins
Origin of masterpiece1
Example Sentences
“Can you imagine leaving your masterpiece locked up in a drawer for almost 40 years?”
Having listened entranced to The Beatles' Rubber Soul album, Wilson responded with his own masterpiece, Pet Sounds.
In the five decades following Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking masterpiece, most sharksploitation has been chopped up and diluted into chum, tossed into the water by careless, filmmaking fishermen.
The oil-on-canvas masterpiece had adorned the walls of a Norwegian hospital for almost five decades, forgotten by the art world, until the auction house was alerted about its presence in 2013.
A feast for the curiosity-starved brain, “Invention” is the kind of revelatory work that inspires and unnerves in equal measure, a distinctly modern masterpiece that maps the rabbit hole in a way only cinema can.
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