ALL meanings of set piece
set piece
S s - noun set piece an arrangement of slow-burning fireworks forming a design or composition when lighted. 1
- noun set piece Theater. a piece of scenery used as part of a stage set, as a profile or three-dimensional construction built to stand independently on the stage floor: A few set pieces simulating rocks and a fence constituted the scenery for the first act. 1
- noun set piece a work of art, literature, music, etc., having a prescribed thematic and formal structure: the set pieces of Restoration comedy. 1
- noun set piece a scene, action, or the like, having a conventional form and functioning as part of the structure of a work of art, literature, etc. 1
- noun set piece a military operation carried out according to a rigid plan. 1
- noun set piece (in a novel, narrative poem, or the like) a passage more or less extraneous to the sequence of events, introduced to supply background, color, or the like. 1
- noun set piece film, book: scene or extract 1
- noun set piece sth carried out according to plan 1
- countable noun set piece A set piece is an occasion such as a battle or a move in a game of football that is planned and carried out in an ordered way. 0
- countable noun set piece A set piece is a part of a film, novel, or piece of music which has a strong dramatic effect and which is often not an essential part of the main story. 0
- noun set piece a work of literature, music, etc, often having a conventional or prescribed theme, intended to create an impressive effect 0
- noun set piece a piece of scenery built to stand independently as part of a stage set 0
- noun set piece a display of fireworks 0
- noun set piece 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 0
- noun set piece an artistic composition, in literature, music, sculpture, etc., designed to give an impressive effect, often in a conventional style 0
- noun set piece a scenic display of fireworks 0
- noun set piece a piece of stage scenery 0
- noun set piece any situation carefully planned beforehand, as in a military or diplomatic maneuver 0