SET PIECE


Meaning of SET PIECE in English

also set-piece

( set pieces)

1.

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.

Guerrillas avoid fighting set-piece battles...

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2.

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.

...the film’s martial arts set pieces.

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