HyperDic: showpiece

English > 1 sense of the word *showpiece*:
NOUN	artifact	showpiece, collector's item, piece de resistance	the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection

showpiece > pronunciation
Sounds	show'piy.s
Rhymes	altarpiece ... Vietnamese: 37 rhymes with iys...

English > *showpiece*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	The outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection.
Synonyms	collector's item, piece de resistance
Narrower	rariora	(plural) rare collector's items
Broader	curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity	Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Spanish	pieza de colección