museum piece

mu·se·um piece

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [myoo-zee-uh m pees]
- /myuˈzi əm pis/
- /mjuˈziːəm piːs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [myoo-zee-uh m pees]
- /myuˈzi əm pis/

Definitions of museum piece words

noun museum piece something suitable for keeping and exhibiting in a museum. 1
noun museum piece something very old-fashioned or decrepit: That car he drives is a museum piece. 1
noun museum piece antique, ancient artefact 1
countable noun museum piece If you describe an object or building as a museum piece, you mean that it is old and unusual. 0
noun museum piece an object of sufficient age or interest to be kept in a museum 0
noun museum piece a person or thing regarded as antiquated or decrepit 0

See all 6 definitions of museum piece

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Origin of museum piece

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Museum piece

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Museum piece

museum piece popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for museum piece

noun museum piece

antique — An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
classic — A classic example of a thing or situation has all the features which you expect such a thing or situation to have.
curio — A curio is an object such as a small ornament which is unusual and fairly rare.
heirloom — a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
masterpiece — a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art.

All 8 Synonyms of museum piece