PERIOD PIECE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does period piece mean? 

• PERIOD PIECE (noun)
  The noun PERIOD PIECE has 1 sense:

1. any work of art whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period

  Familiarity information: PERIOD PIECE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERIOD PIECE (noun)

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Meaning:

Any work of art whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("period piece" is a kind of...):

work of art (art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit))