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The decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows; the goods and trimmings used in such a display.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shop window
Antonyms: none provided
The process, skill or task of creating such a display.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable
Examples
- These latest modifications are mere window dressing; the same problems remain.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eyewash
Antonyms: none provided
the decoration of shop windows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decoration
a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: facade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misrepresentation, deceit, deception
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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German:
Schaufensterdekoration
— decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows
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German:
Schaufensterdeko
— decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows
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Polish:
dekorowanie witryn sklepowych
— decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows
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German:
Augenwischerei
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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German:
Schönfärberei
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Hungarian:
porhintés
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Hungarian:
ámítás
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Hungarian:
kirakat
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Hungarian:
szemfényvesztés
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Hungarian:
kirakatpolitika
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Hungarian:
kozmetikázás
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Hungarian:
szépítés
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Hungarian:
kendőzés
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Hungarian:
meghamisítás
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Polish:
mydlenie oczu
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Polish:
gra pozorów
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
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Russian:
очковтирательство
(očkovtiratelʹstvo)
— a means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only
