showcase

1 a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect; "it was a showcase for democracy in Africa" [syn: show window]

2 a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home [syn: case, display case]

English

Etymology

From show + case.

Pronunciation

Noun

1. A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
2. A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone especially in an attractive or favorable aspect
3. The final round on the TV game show The Price is Right. (See article on wikipedia)

Translations

Verb

1. To display, demonstrate, show, or present.

   I think the demonstration really showcases the strengths of the software.

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

• Showcase (comics), a comic book series published by DC Comics
• Showcase (TV channel), Showcase Action and Showcase Diva: Canadian cable television networks
• Showcase: an Australian TV channel, part of Showtime Australia
• TVNZ Showcase, the arts and drama service on TVNZ 6
• "The Showcase (The Price Is Right)", the final round of the CBS daytime game show The Price Is Right
• Showtime Showcase, a multiplex channel of the Showtime television network in the U.S
• Firefox Showcase, an extension for Mozilla Firefox
• Showcase Cinemas - a chain of cinemas
• Showcase theatre (performing arts group)

See also

• Showpiece

counter, diaphane, display case, glass, glassware, light, notions counter, pane, pushcart, shopboard, shopwindow, stemware, transparent substance, vitrics, vitrine, watch crystal, watch glass, windowlight, windowpane