show window

Questions about show window

What does show window mean?

show window means "a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for show window?

Close synonyms include showcase, display window, shop window, shopwindow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is show window a common word?

show window is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.