NOUN
- the most important dish of a meal
- the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
How To Use piece de resistance In A Sentence
- Consider what that means for a minute: the pièce de résistance of the PPACA is the individual mandate. Latest Articles
- They are his bounteous source for “Sexual Aberration on Campus America,” his clandestine, surefire, tenure pièce de resistancé. “Give me fifty words about a Beaver…”
- For the piece de résistance, set all within a naturalized sea of camassia bulbs with their tall greenish spires and soft blue florets that bloom for weeks on end in late spring.
- Our piece de resistance was a helium tank to inflate Labour Party balloons.
- The birdbath is the piece de resistance," says Greg Butcher, director of bird conservation for the National Audubon Society and an enthusiastic backyard bird-watcher. KansasCity.com: Front Page
- Unable to resist scandalising his guests still further, Hunter then delivered his pièce de résistance.
- Picked while young and tender, and canned in pint or quart jars depending on the size of the family, lima beans will be the piece de resistance of your winter stores.
- After squeezing out the "crenelated" doughnuts with little ridges, it is time to prepare the piece de resistance - the hot chocolate sauce. NPR Topics: News
- Of all the events, the piece de resistance will be a gala night at the King's Hall.
- Then the ‘piece de resistance’ - I spooned two blobs of vanilla ice cream on the two portions, and thus a remarkable meal was complete.
