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SET PIECE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does set piece mean? 

SET PIECE (noun)
  The noun SET PIECE has 1 sense:

1. a piece of scenery intended to stand alone as part of the stage settingplay

  Familiarity information: SET PIECE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SET PIECE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of scenery intended to stand alone as part of the stage setting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("set piece" is a kind of...):

scene; scenery (the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale)


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