showcase

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

showcase
    n 1: a setting in which something can be displayed to best
         effect; "it was a showcase for democracy in Africa" [syn:
         {showcase}, {show window}]
    2: a glass container used to store and display items in a shop
       or museum or home [syn: {case}, {display case}, {showcase},
       {vitrine}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "showcase":
      counter, diaphane, display case, glass, glassware, light,
      notions counter, pane, pushcart, shopboard, shopwindow, stemware,
      transparent substance, vitrics, vitrine, watch crystal,
      watch glass, windowlight, windowpane

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