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showpiece

showpieces

Definitions of showpiece
  1. noun
    the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
    synonyms: collector's item, piece de resistance
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    types:
    rariora
    (plural) rare collector's items
    type of:
    curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
    something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
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