showplace
IPA: ʃˈoʊpɫeɪs
noun
- A building or estate shown for its beauty or noteworthiness.
- A location kept for display only.
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Examples of "showplace" in Sentences
- The final fire for a grand showplace.
- The fair was also a showplace for independent films.
- Located in the Carolina Showplace section of the park.
- The park was transformed into a showplace park by 1896.
- It soon became internationally known as a showplace farm.
- His home remains as a rare and unique architectural showplace.
- It was a showplace for children to tour but that proves nothing.
- It remains a showplace that impresses theatre goers to this day.
- A showplace for some of the greatest magicians from around the globe.
- Otherwise the article would not be an article, but a showplace for memorabilia.
- The Oscars were once known as a showplace for new commercials, much as the Super Bowl.
- Being astute designers of dubious taste, we determined a while back to make our living room the "showplace" room.
- Williams was identified as an antiques dealer, a restorer of historic houses, and a giver of elegant parties at his "showplace" home, which Jacqueline Onassis had visited and offered to buy for $2 million.
- In recent years, many of the homes with choice views of the Potomac River have been torn down and replaced by showplace mansions with three-car garages that at the peak of the housing boom sold for more than $1 million.
- "showplace" for VIP visitors such as the former President, Carter said: "tragically, the international community ignores the cries for help, while the citizens of Gaza are being treated more like animals than like human beings".
- With a glowing, glass facade, humongous sliding doors that can open both ends and 80,000 seats -- 100,000, if necessary -- the Cowboys sure are aiming for the kind of showplace you'd expect from a club that bills itself as "America's Team."
- With $228,664 worth of grants from license-tag funding, the Nature Conservancy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, organizers from the Marine Discovery Center and Volusia County government are hoping to turn Chicken Island into a kind of showplace for how estuary-restoring efforts work.
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