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Show window   /ʃoʊ wˈɪndoʊ/   Listen
Show window

noun
1.
A setting in which something can be displayed to best effect.  Synonym: showcase.
2.
A window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store.  Synonyms: display window, shop window, shopwindow.






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"Show window" Quotes from Famous Books



... twenty, very much the same person that we all know her to be at forty, except that she knew a great deal less. But one thing she knew: that she was to be Eden Bower. She was like some one standing before a great show window full of beautiful and costly things, deciding which she will order. She understands that they will not all be delivered immediately, but one by one they will arrive at her door. She already knew some of the many things that were to happen to her; for instance, ...
— Youth and the Bright Medusa • Willa Cather

... wooden partition that fenced the show window off from the remainder of the store. And in the window she saw—what do you think? Well, I imagine you must have guessed ...
— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store • Laura Lee Hope



Words linked to "Show window" :   setting, storefront, shopfront, window, background, scope



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