Masterpiece Definition

măstər-pēs
masterpieces
noun
masterpieces
A thing made or done with masterly skill; great work of art or craftsmanship.
Webster's New World
The greatest work made or done by a person or group.
Webster's New World
Something superlative of its kind.
A masterpiece of political ingenuity.
American Heritage

A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.

Masterpieces are not completed, they are abandoned.
Wiktionary

A work created in order to qualify as a master craftsman and member of a guild.

Wiktionary
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Antonyms:
  • hack-work

Other Word Forms of Masterpiece

Noun

Singular:
masterpiece
Plural:
masterpieces

Origin of Masterpiece

  • Probably translation of Dutch meesterstuk or German Meisterstück Dutch meester German Meister master Dutch stuk German Stück piece of work

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • master +"Ž piece, a calque of Dutch meesterstuk

    From Wiktionary

Masterpiece Sentence Examples

  • His masterpiece is a collection of short stories, called The Spinning Room.

  • The book is in some respects his masterpiece, and its merits are beyond question.

  • He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1837; in 1847 he married; and in 1868, after the completion of his masterpiece, the automatic telegraph, he was knighted.

  • The church of Notre Dame contains two fine pictures by Van Dyck, and one masterpiece of Crayer's.

  • It possesses many edifices, public and private, which are handsome or elegant, but it has almost nothing to which the memory reverts as a masterpiece of architectural art.

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