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chef d'oeuvre noun
/ˌʃeɪ dˈɜː.vrə/
/-ˈɝː-/ n [C] (plural chefs d'oeuvre) formal Definition
an artist or writer's greatest piece of work
The Decameron is widely regarded as Boccaccio's chef d'oeuvre.
(Definition of chef d'oeuvre noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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