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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
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
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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