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showplaces

showplaces is the plural of showplace.

Meaning of showplace

Noun

showplace (plural showplaces)

  1. A building or estate shown for its beauty or noteworthiness.
    • The manager showed him over the vaults and strong-rooms, explaining the various precautions taken to render the guile or force of man impotent: […] "The Safe" was a showplace and its directors held that no harm could come of displaying a strong hand.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
  2. A location kept for display only.

Questions about showplaces

What is showplaces the plural of?
Showplaces is the plural of showplace.

Words near showplaces in the dictionary

  1. showpersons
  2. showpersonship
  3. showpiece
  4. showpieces
  5. showplace
  6. showplaces
  7. showplan
  8. showplans
  9. showpony
  10. showprint
  11. showprints

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