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vi·trine

 (vē-trēn′)
n.
A glass-paneled cabinet or case for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise.

[French, from vitre, pane of glass, from Old French, glass, window with multiple lights, from Latin vitrum.]
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vitrine

(ˈvɪtriːn)
n
(Furniture) a glass display case or cabinet for works of art, curios, etc
[C19: from French, from vitre pane of glass, from Latin vitrum glass]
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vi•trine

(vɪˈtrin)

n.
a glass cabinet or case, esp. for displaying art objects.
[1875–80; < French <vitre pane of glass]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vitrine - a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or homevitrine - a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
trophy case - a case in which to display trophies
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She submitted cheerfully to the purple satin and yellow tuftings of the Welland drawing-room, to its sham Buhl tables and gilt vitrines full of modern Saxe.
Satellite vitrines on either side showcase the high jewelry pieces, available in the Philippines for the first time.
The Botanical Gallery in the Indian Museum in Kolkata is a classic case in point; it displays the colonial accumulation and organization of "economic botany" encased in Victorian-era glass vitrines (figure l).
Glittering vitrines held diamonds and rubies--more matter from my fairy-tale world--framed in gold and silver settings suitable for a refined and cultured woman, with complementary tie clips and cuff links for the man in her life.
Called the Accumulations, these collections of like objects amassed inside shallow vitrines came to represent the principles of Nouveau Realisme as defined by the movement's critical champion, Pierre Restany.
This despite its secure place in museum vitrines, its literature of connoisseurship, and our awareness of the skill and care that to this day go into each piece.
Most of them are on display within eight floor- and wall-mounted vitrines, each housing one or more burnt books.
Meme le melon et la pasteque ont fait leur apparition dans ces [beaucoup moins que] vitrines [beaucoup plus grand que] de l'informel et a des prix differents de ceux affiches en ville.
Paying homage to the humble corner, the display vitrines are currently outfitting Prada's stores worldwide.
The period rooms are complemented by a series of smaller vitrines, and the redeployment of four 19th-century rooms with painted ceilings, among which are the former Salles du Conseil d'Etat.