SHOWPIECE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does showpiece mean? 

• SHOWPIECE (noun)
  The noun SHOWPIECE has 1 sense:

1. the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection

  Familiarity information: SHOWPIECE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOWPIECE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

collector's item; piece de resistance; showpiece

Hypernyms ("showpiece" is a kind of...):

curio; curiosity; oddity; oddment; peculiarity; rarity (something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "showpiece"):

rariora ((plural) rare collector's items)