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vitrine

WordNet
  1. (n) vitrine
    a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Vitrine
    A glass show case for displaying fine wares, specimens, etc.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) vitrine
    A show-case; a case or inclosure of glass for the display of delicate articles, whether in a museum, a private house, or a shop.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Vitrine
    a show-case made of glass and used to protect delicate articles
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L. vitrum, glass—vidēre, to see.

Usage in the news

We frame oils or display objets in square vitrines. austinchronicle.com

A period-appropriate deco-style columnar vitrine anchors a relaunched leather-goods brand's debut boutique, positioned between competitors­ Hermès and Goyard. interiordesign.net

Vitrine — VIH-TREEN — a glass display case. mininggazette.com

in one photo from a series call "Space" she appears behind a glass vitrine that displays a big, scary animal skull. mininggazette.com

Russell Pinch sure has a keen eye: His Joyce cabinet nods to the office vitrines of Victorian optometrists. interiordesign.net

Usage in literature

And, talking of that, Ella, I hope you thought our glyco-vitrine decoration a success? "The Talking Horse" by F. Anstey

Canadian women, as a class, are not made for the vitrine. "The High Heart" by Basil King

The shops look handsome and the vitrines well arranged, just like Paris. "Letters of a Diplomat's Wife" by Mary King Waddington