showpiecenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʃəʊ.piːs/us/ˈʃoʊ.piːs/an extremely good example of something that deserves to be admired:
The house is a showpiece of colonial architecture.
[ before noun ] the city's new showpiece library
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- advertisement
- aliquot
- archetype
- benchmark
- classic
- classical
- core
- cross-section
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- forerunner
- illustration
- instance
- job
- quintessence
- role model
- sample
- sort
- swatch
- taste
- taster
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