: a room where merchandise is exhibited for sale or where samples are displayed
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The stereo was a showroom model.
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The morning after the Forum show, clients would file into a showroom at the Westin Excelsior to place orders and put in dibs on the one-of-a-kind garments.
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Our first stop was the showroom, a cavernous, sleek former warehouse filled with products from the Luce Di Carrara line (sculptural tables, modular marble bookshelves) as well as miniature models of sculptures by the likes of Henry Moore and Joan Miró.
—Meara Sharma, The Dial, 22 July 2025
The production version of this car should hit showrooms next year.
—Chad Kirchner, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2025
OpenAI plans to open up its first office in Washington, DC, which will serve as both a hub for the company’s policy ambitions and a showroom for visitors to learn about the company’s products, OpenAI told Semafor.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2025
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Our first stop was the showroom, a cavernous, sleek former warehouse filled with products from the Luce Di Carrara line (sculptural tables, modular marble bookshelves) as well as miniature models of sculptures by the likes of Henry Moore and Joan Miró.
—Meara Sharma, The Dial, 22 July 2025
The production version of this car should hit showrooms next year.
—Chad Kirchner, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2025
OpenAI plans to open up its first office in Washington, DC, which will serve as both a hub for the company’s policy ambitions and a showroom for visitors to learn about the company’s products, OpenAI told Semafor.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for showroom
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“Showroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showroom. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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showroom
noun
show·room
-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
: a room where merchandise (as new cars) is displayed for sale or where samples are displayed
a carpet showroom
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