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Answer for the clue "Elaborately arranged display ", 9 letters:
set piece

Word definitions for set piece in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In film production , a set piece is a scene or sequence of scenes whose execution requires serious logistical planning and considerable expenditure of money. The term set piece is often used more broadly to describe any important dramatic or comedic highpoint ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a piece of scenery intended to stand alone as part of the stage setting

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 a piece of freestanding stage scenery 2 any carefully planned sequence of operations, especially as part of a military operation 3 an elaborate action scene in a movie or video game 4 (context football English) any planned strategy that a team uses ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The State of the Union address is one of the great set pieces of American public life. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Eleven minutes later Andrew McBride saw his set piece effort deflected past the post by a defender's stick. ...

Usage examples of set piece.

The boat was a prop, a set piece, like the Bavarian cottage glued to the plaster alp in some amusement park a nice touch, but one that wasn’.

The boat was a prop, a set piece, like the Bavarian cottage glued to the plaster alp in some amusement park a nice touch, but one that wasn't quite necessary.

He could sit here on this porch a thousand years, Rand told himself, and the old man would continue going past and each time the selfsame words would be mouthed - a set piece, a strip of film run over and over again.