Definition of showpiece
: a prime or outstanding example used for exhibition
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Examples of showpiece in a Sentence
The museum's showpiece is a painting by Picasso.
The house is an architectural showpiece.
Recent Examples of showpiece from the Web
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The best sense anyone can make of Britain’s modestly rising maritime ambitions is that the Royal Navy, including its showpiece carriers, hopes to be a useful adjunct to the American one.
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The Tulsa World described the other showpieces - hand-me-downs, fixer-uppers and as-is cheap deals.
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Kaysen, a native of the Twin Cities area, opened his showpiece restaurant in 2014, after serving as executive chef of Cafe Boulud for Daniel Boulud in New York City.
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Liverpool booked their place in the showpiece event with a 7-6 aggregate semi final win over Roma, while Real relied on grit and experience to see off the challenge of Bayern Munich.
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Taking World Cup participation to new parts of the globe is not a terrible idea, but soccer’s showpiece should be just that, a test of the best.
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Chocolate showpieces by students will be auctioned, and the event will have a silent auction of other items, as well.
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The purse for the showpiece World Cup is $10 million with the winner pocketing $6 million.
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The Reserve store would feel familiar to someone who has visited the company's larger Roastery showpieces, which opened in Seattle's Capitol Hill in 2014 and Shanghai last year.
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First Known Use of showpiece
1823
SHOWPIECE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of showpiece for English Language Learners
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: something that is the best or most attractive thing being shown
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: something that is seen as an excellent or outstanding example of something
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