MASTERPIECE

masterwork [noun] [C] - a work of art such as a painting, film or book which is done or made with great skill, esp. a person's greatest work'The Last Supper' is widely regarded as Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece.Have you ever seen the film 'Paths of Glory', Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece?See also chef d'oeuvre.A masterpiece is also a very good example of something.Calling a seven-hour wait 'a slight delay' was a masterpiece of understatement.