showroom

Meanings

Noun

• A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.
• A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.

Verb

• 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.

Related

Broader meaning words

• room

Origin

• From show + room. Verb sense circa 2011.