From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmasterpiecemas‧ter‧piece /ˈmɑːstəpiːs $ ˈmæstər-/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 Aa work of art, a piece of writing or music etc that is of very high quality or that is the best that a particular artist, writer etc has produced SYN masterwork Mary Shelley was just 18 when she wrote the horror masterpiece ‘Frankenstein’.2 a very good example of somethingmasterpiece of The shark is a masterpiece of evolution.
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masterpiece• Since then Stravinsky's work has been hailed as a masterpiece.• In its own way, it too is a masterpiece of coherent legislation.• As a result, it's a masterpiece.• Jones' performance was a masterpiece.• Thirteen people helped Michelangelo create his masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.• one of the great Italian masterpieces• The Davis-Evans recording of 'Porgy and Bess' has been rightly called a jazz masterpiece.• Many people regard this painting as Raphael's masterpiece.• Adam Smith's masterpiece 'The Wealth of Nations' was written in the 18th century.• Channel 6 is showing Orson Welles's masterpiece "Citizen Kane." 