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All showpiece synonyms

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noun showpiece

  • masterpiece — a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art.
  • flummery — oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
  • museum piece — something suitable for keeping and exhibiting in a museum.
  • icing on the cake — a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
  • hole in one — ace (def 8a).
  • collectible — that can be collected
  • collectibles — capable of being collected.
  • masterwork — masterpiece.
  • conversation piece — something, esp an unusual object, that provokes conversation
  • magnum opus — a great work, especially the chief work of a writer or artist: Proust's magnum opus is Remembrance of Things Past.
  • collector's item — A collector's item is an object which is highly valued by collectors because it is rare or beautiful.
  • cadenza — In classical music, a cadenza is a long and difficult solo passage in a piece for soloist and orchestra.
  • feather in one's cap — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
  • grand slam — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
  • bullseye — the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
  • home run — Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
  • demo — A demo is a demonstration by a group of people to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
  • knickknack — an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
  • whatnot — a stand with shelves for bric-a-brac, books, etc.
  • furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
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