Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

set piece

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English

Syllables: set -piece
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of freestanding stage scenery.

noun

Any carefully planned sequence of operations, especially as part of a military operation.

noun

An elaborate and interesting scene in a movie or video game, usually the most important and visually iconic scene in the work.

noun

Any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff.

Example Sentences

"set-piece battle"
"What’s so great about the episode is it takes its time. The first 30 minutes of this 79-minute behemoth—a model for season eight’s reportedly extended run-times—are a single set piece, the big parlay in the Dragon Pit at King’s Landing."
"The message is that Hynkel is not a brilliant strategist or a mighty leader. He is an overgrown adolescent – as demonstrated in the sublime set piece in which he dances with an inflatable globe, dreaming of being "emperor of the world"."
"Roberto Carlos is deadly from set pieces."

Inflected Forms

set pieces (plural) setpiece (alternative) set-piece (alternative)

Phrases

dead ball

Frequently Paired Words

dead ball open play

Synonyms

set play

Questions

What does set piece mean?: A piece of freestanding stage scenery.

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