set pieces

set piece

1. A realistic piece of stage scenery constructed to stand by itself.

2. An often brilliantly executed artistic or literary work characterized by a formal pattern.

a. A carefully planned and executed military operation.

b. A situation, activity, or speech planned beforehand and carried out according to a prescribed pattern or formula.

set piece

1. a work of literature, music, etc., often having a conventional or prescribed theme, intended to create an impressive effect

2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) a piece of scenery built to stand independently as part of a stage set

3. a display of fireworks

4. (General Sporting Terms) Sport a rehearsed team manoeuvre, usually attempted in continuous games at a restart of play, esp when the other side has been penalized for improper play

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Noun

set piece - a piece of scenery intended to stand alone as part of the stage setting

scenery, scene - the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"

Translations

set piece n (Mus, Literature) (part of work, piece of music) → brano famoso; (in music competition) → brano obbligatorio (Sport) → tattica di gioco

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