SHOWROOM

showroom, salesroom, saleroom

(noun) an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed; “in Britain a showroom is called a salesroom”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

showroom (plural showrooms)

A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.

(dated) A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.

Hypernyms

• room

Verb

showroom (third-person singular simple present showrooms, present participle showrooming, simple past and past participle showroomed)

To inspect merchandise in a physical store, then purchase the identical product from an online merchant; to use a physical store as a showroom for an online merchant.

Usage notes

Especially used in nominalized form showrooming.

Source: Wiktionary

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Show"room`, n.

Definition: A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.

2. A room where merchandise is exposed for sale, or where samples are displayed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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