chef-d'oeuvre

chef-d'oeu·vre  (sh-dvr, -dûrv)

n. pl. chefs-d'oeu·vre (sh-)

A masterpiece, especially in literature or art.

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[French chef d'uvre : chef, head, beginning + de, of + uvre, work.]

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chef-d'oeuvre [shay-durv, shay-durv]

Noun

pl chefs-d'oeuvre a masterpiece [French]

Thesaurus

Noun

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chef-d'oeuvre - the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman masterpiece piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"