0 a work of art such as a painting, film, or book that is made with great skill: --
Her press conference was a masterpiece of media manipulation.
Leonardo's "Last Supper" is widely regarded as a masterpiece.
1 something made or done with great skill, esp. an artist’s greatest work --
I hope, for example, that all owners of masterpieces will recall the fiscal advantages which can be obtained by sale to a national institution.
The demand for world tin is increasing, yet bulk supplies are mined in those countries which have become masterpieces of economic and political instability.
The speeches were masterpieces of lucid exposition, and were acclaimed as such on all sides.
The smaller and often very delightful masterpieces cannot receive this grant.
The subsequent appearance of some of the country's finest architectural masterpieces in the pages of an estate agent's catalogue rightly provoked a national outcry.
The arts, on the other hand, are not about conserving monuments, saving recognised masterpieces or the fabric of our history, or that of our neighbour.
I should like to add a third function to those—namely, to preserve the masterpieces which they hold in trust.
Over the years we have seen masterpieces of unintended consequences from this place.
