Vitrine

//vɪˈtɹiːn// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, fine merchandise, natural history specimens, etc.

    "Lastly, when great numbers of the plates are treated with the hot or boiling water, it should be done in a vitrine or cabinet ventilated directly into the open air."

  2. 2
    a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitrine, from vitre (“pane of glass”), from Old French, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).

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