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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Didier Deschamps' team are firm favourites to win Sunday's showpiece in Moscow and become world champions for the second time -- 20 years after their first triumph in 1998.
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Lamb shanks are the turkey legs of Mediterranean cooking, bone-in showpieces of texture and technique.
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According to RMC Sport, though, Perisic’s heroics in the semi final may have come at a cost to his side and his own ambitions for featuring in the showpiece event in Moscow.
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The other showpiece of the expansion is the enlarged museum, which will remain free to visitors.
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Restaurant interiors, no matter how committed to authenticity, still often seem to have a modern veneer and feel a touch like a theater showpiece.
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Architectural showpieces in Kangbashi include a library that recalls a shelf of books and a shiny museum reminiscent of a beanbag chair, shown when they were built on empty land in 2010.
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The soccer showpiece will return to the U.S. for the first time since 1994 after gaining 134 votes, while Morocco got 65 at the FIFA Congress in Moscow on Wednesday.
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The pinnacle of Sentosa’s evolution into an attraction for tourists came with the opening of the island’s casino and theme park showpiece Resorts World Sentosa in 2010.
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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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