showroom

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US/ˈʃoʊˌɹum/

noun

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

“This new phone looks good, but I want to go to the mall and showroom it before buying.”

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salesroomsaleroom
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Meanings

nounshowroom (plural showrooms)

plural showrooms

  1. A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.
  2. datedA room or apartment where a show is exhibited.
verbshowroom (third-person singular simple present showrooms, present participle showrooming, simple past and past participle showroomed)

present singular third person showrooms · participle present showrooming · participle past showroomed · past showroomed

  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.

    This new phone looks good, but I want to go to the mall and showroom it before buying.

Synonyms & antonyms

Broader
room

nounan area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed

Similar
salesroomsaleroom
Broader
panopticon
Also see
saleroomsalesroom

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From show + room. Verb sense circa 2011.

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Translations

Bulgarian шоурум
  • шоурум (šourum)room for display of products
Chinese Mandarin 陳列室 /陈列室
  • 陳列室 /陈列室 (chénlièshì)room for display of products
Finnish esittelytila
  • esittelytilaroom for display of products
French showroom, salle d'exposition
  • showroomroom for display of products
  • salle d'expositionroom for display of products
  • salle de montreroom for display of products
German Ausstellungsraum, Showroom
  • Ausstellungsraumroom for display of products
  • Showroomroom for display of products
Italian salone da esposizione
  • salone da esposizioneroom for display of products
Japanese ショールーム
  • ショールーム (shōrūmu)room for display of products
Korean 쇼룸
  • 쇼룸 (syorum)room for display of products
Romanian showroom, sală de expoziție
  • showroomroom for display of products
  • sală de expozițieroom for display of products
  • salonroom for display of products
Russian вы́ставочный зал, демонстрацио́нный зал
  • вы́ставочный зал (výstavočnyj zal)room for display of products
  • демонстрацио́нный зал (demonstraciónnyj zal)room for display of products
  • шо́урум (šóurum)room for display of products
  • павильо́н (pavilʹón)room for display of products
Scottish Gaelic seòmar-taisbeanaidh
  • seòmar-taisbeanaidhroom for display of products
Spanish sala de muestras, salón de exhibición
  • sala de muestrasroom for display of products
  • salón de exhibiciónroom for display of products
Cite this entry
APA

showroom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showroom

MLA

“showroom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showroom. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “showroom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showroom.

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