SET PIECE


Meaning of SET PIECE in English

also set-piece

(~s)

1.

A ~ 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...

N-COUNT: oft N n

2.

A ~ 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 ~s.

N-COUNT

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