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character pieces

character pieces is the plural of character piece.

Meaning of character piece

Noun

character piece (plural character pieces)

  1. A musical composition that expresses a specific mood or non-musical idea.
    • That does not mean that all character pieces of this period present moods expressly, only that the musical term 'character' is not always telling for character pieces, to put it crudely.2016, Erik Wallrup, Being Musically Attuned: The Act of Listening to Music, page 36
  2. A work of art (painting, sculpture, writing, film, etc.) that has as its subject matter the description or depiction of an individual person or character.
    • In spite of it being a character piece, I really loved how the rocks and dirt were brought to life.2005, Stephen Stahlberg, Pascal Blanche, Daniel Wade, Character Modeling, page 60

Questions about character pieces

What is character pieces the plural of?
Character pieces is the plural of character piece.

Words near character pieces in the dictionary

  1. character neuroses
  2. character neurosis
  3. character part
  4. character parts
  5. character piece
  6. character pieces
  7. character reference
  8. character references
  9. character set
  10. character sets
  11. character shoe

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