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Dictionary: show·case   (shō'kās') pronunciation
n.
  1. A display case or cabinet, as in a store or museum.
  2. A setting in which someone or something may be displayed, especially to advantage.
tr.v., -cased, -cas·ing, -cas·es.
To display prominently, especially to advantage.


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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect
  Synonym: show window

Meaning #2: a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
  Synonyms: case, display case


Wikipedia: Showcase
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A showcase, or vitrine, is a glassed-in cabinet or display case for displaying delicate or valuable articles such as objets d'art or merchandise in a shop, museum, or house.[1] Showcase may also refer to:

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udstillingsmontre, montre
v. tr. - udstille

Nederlands (Dutch)
vitrine

Français (French)
n. - (lit) vitrine, (fig) vitrine, tremplin
v. tr. - servir de tremplin à

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schaukasten, Schaufenster
v. - ausstellen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βιτρίνα, προθήκη
v. - (καθομ.) προβάλλω ταινία σε πολλά ταυτοχρόνως κινηματοθέατρα

Italiano (Italian)
vetrina

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mostruário (m)
v. - colocar em vitrine

Русский (Russian)
витрина, демонстрировать

Español (Spanish)
n. - vitrina
v. tr. - presentar un evento especial, exhibir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - monter, utställningsskåp, skyltskåp, PR-nummer, reklamjippo
v. - ställa ut i monter

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
玻璃陈列柜, 供亮相的地方, 显示优点的东西, 把...放在陈列柜内, 使展现, 陈列, 使亮相

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 玻璃陳列櫃, 供亮相的地方, 顯示優點的東西
v. tr. - 把...放在陳列櫃內, 使展現, 陳列, 使亮相

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 진열장, 전시, (관계자에게 선전하기 위한) 특별 공개
v. tr. - 전시하다, 두드러지게 나타내다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 陳列ケース, ショーケース

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خزانه ألعرض (فعل) يعرض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תיבת-תצוגה (מזכוכית)‬
v. tr. - ‮הציג, הציג כבתיבת-תצוגה‬


 
 

 

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