showcase
pronunciation
How to pronounce showcase in British English:
UK [ˈʃəʊkeɪs]
How to pronounce showcase in American English:
US [ˈʃoʊkeɪs]
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- Noun:
- a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
Word Origin
- showcase (n.)
- "glass case for exhibiting valuable things," 1835, from show (v.) + case (n.2). In the extended sense, it is attested from 1937. The verb is first recorded 1945. Related: Showcased; showcasing.
Example
- 1. Most shop windows proudly showcase what can be bought inside .
- 2. French aeronaut bertrand piccard hopes to showcase the potential of green technology -- the plane does not use a drop of oil .
- 3. Sportswear manufacturers have no better showcase .
- 4. Most shop windows proudly showcase what can be bought inside . The window of the silk street market , a touristy shopping centre in beijing , is a bit different .
- 5. But what beijing hoped would be a celebration of its cultural achievements turned into a tug of war between control and free speech , as much a showcase for chinese dissidents as the state 's approved writers .