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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A glass-paneled cabinet or case for displaying articles such as china, objects d'art, or fine merchandise.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. 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.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A glass show case for displaying fine wares, specimens, etc.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

Etymologies

  1. From French vitrine, from vitre ("pane of glass"), from Old French, from Latin vitrum ("glass"). (Wiktionary)
  2. French, from vitre, pane of glass, from Old French, glass, window with multiple lights, from Latin vitrum. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • jaime_d From "Au Tombeau de Charles Fourier" by Guy Davenport Jan 19, 2010

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