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# masterpiece

«masterpiece» in Mova's school dictionary: **A work of art, book, music or other creation of great…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a masterpiece, masterpieces)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A work of art, book, music or other creation of great skill; one of the best of its kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/#m1)

2) The best work a particular person has ever made. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/#m2)

3) Anything done extremely well, like a goal or a cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In art, music and English lessons, pupils study masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa or famous novels. In everyday life, people joke that their sandwich or Lego tower is a masterpiece. In history, a craftsman made a «masterpiece» to prove he was skilled enough to be a master. Phrases: a true masterpiece, a masterpiece of, a culinary masterpiece.

### examples

- The Mona Lisa is a famous masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/#x1)
- My little brother's drawing is his masterpiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/#x2)
- That goal was a masterpiece! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/#x3)
- The museum is full of masterpieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/#x4)
- The cake Grandma baked was a masterpiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/#x5)
- Many people think «Charlotte's Web» is a masterpiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/#x6)
- In the Middle Ages, an apprentice had to make a masterpiece to become a master. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/#x7)
- He looked at the workmanship; there was not one false stitch in the whole job; all was so neat and true, that it was quite a masterpiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/#x8)

### note

Countable. One word. Praise word; it is strong, so for small things it is often used jokingly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «masterpiece» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masterpiece/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.