Definition of Display case

1. Noun. A glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home.

Exact synonyms: Case, Showcase, Vitrine
Generic synonyms: Container
Specialized synonyms: Trophy Case
Derivative terms: Case

Definition of Display case

1. Noun. A vitrine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Display Case

displacer
displacers
displaces
displacing
displacive
displant
displantation
displanted
displanting
displants
display
display'd
display adapter
display adaptor
display board
display case (current term)
display cases
display panel
display window
displayability
displayable
displayed
displayer
displayers
displaying
displaying incompetence
displays
disple
displeas'd
displeasance

Literary usage of Display case

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Enclosed Garden: History and Development of the Hortus Conclusus and Its by Rob Aben, Saskia de Wit (1999)
"On closer inspection a glass cabinet is a display case showing another, ... One such display case is the design for a miniature paradise amidst the bare ..."

2. Retail Shoe Salesmanship by George F. Hamilton, Frank Butterworth, H. T. Conner, A. H. Geuting (1920)
"SALESMANSHIP AND DISPLAY FIXTURES The inside display case is the shoe ... On the other hand, if, with the aid of the display case, he is able to bring the ..."

3. Egypt by Eva Ambros (2001)
"It once covered the head of the royal mummy which lay in the 225- kilogram golden coffin (in the display case on the far right). ..."

4. The Factory Management Series (1915)
"A card goes to the manager of the Service-Display-Case department each week, for instance, reminding him to check up the condition of the display case, ..."

5. Daily Word Problems: Student Practice Books by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2007)
"She has 292 marbles in her collection. Her display case can hold up to marbles ... How many more marbles can she fit in her display case? ..."

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