masterpiece

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

masterpiece
    n 1: the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
         [syn: {masterpiece}, {chef-d'oeuvre}]
    2: an outstanding achievement

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Masterpiece \Mas"ter*piece`\, n.
   Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital
   performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement.
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         The top and masterpiece of art.          --South.
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         Dissimulation was his masterpiece.       --Claredon.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

70 Moby Thesaurus words for "masterpiece":
      archetype, art object, artifact, brainchild, bric-a-brac, child,
      classic, coinage, composition, concoction, creation, creature,
      crowning achievement, design, distillation, effect, end product,
      essence, exemplar, extract, feat, fruit, grotesque, handiwork,
      ideal, invention, issue, jewel, kitsch, magnum opus, manufacture,
      master, master stroke, masterstroke, masterwork, mintage, mirror,
      mobile, museum piece, new mintage, nude, offspring, old master,
      opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome, outgrowth, paragon,
      pasticcio, pastiche, pattern of perfection, piece,
      piece de resistance, piece of virtu, product, production,
      prototype, quintessence, result, stabile, statue, still life,
      study, tour de force, very model, virtu, work, work of art