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showroom

noun · verb

Simple meaning

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

Pronunciation

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shohruum

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈʃoʊɹʊm

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Definition

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noun

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

verb

  1. 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.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Moderately Common
Formality
Technical

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

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

Used this way, showroom is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in business or professional contexts.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Business/professional

Nearby words

  • salesroom , rarer, so it draws attention

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More ways to use showroom

  • “In Britain a showroom is called a salesroom.”noun

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Synonyms

Sense: room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products

salesroomRare

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