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chef-d'oeuvre

[ French she--vruh ]

noun

plural chefs-d'oeuvre
  1. a masterpiece, especially in art, literature, or music.


chef-d'oeuvre

/ ʃɛvrə /

noun

  1. a masterpiece
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of chef-d'oeuvre1

Borrowed into English from French around 1610–20
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Thirty-five years after "Die Hard" hit theaters, the Bruce Willis vehicle maintains its rep as a chef-d'oeuvre due to its perennial relevance.

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But the worst of all is that this crocodile imagines that it is a chef-d'oeuvre and that it has a monopoly on all the tender passions.

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His beautiful lines on the death of his wife are a chef-d'oeuvre of mourning poetry and one of the gems of literature.

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He knew it to be his chef-d'oeuvre, and looked forward, with a natural eagerness, to the moment when he should display it before its future possessors, and receive their congratulations on his success.

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The dinner—and it was a "chef-d'oeuvre" on the part of Mrs. Branagan—passed off most pleasantly.

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