SHOW WINDOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does show window mean? 

• SHOW WINDOW (noun)
  The noun SHOW WINDOW has 2 senses:

1. a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect

2. a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store

  Familiarity information: SHOW WINDOW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOW WINDOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A setting in which something can be displayed to best effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

show window; showcase

Context example:

it was a showcase for democracy in Africa

Hypernyms ("show window" is a kind of...):

background; scope; setting (the state of the environment in which a situation exists)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

display window; shop window; shopwindow; show window

Hypernyms ("show window" is a kind of...):

window (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)

Holonyms ("show window" is a part of...):

shopfront; storefront (the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows)