museum-piece

Museum Piece — is the second episode in the first series of the British comedy series Dad s Army, originally transmitted on Wednesday 7 August 1968. Contents 1 TV Episode 1.1 Synopsis 1.2 Plot 1.3 Not …   Wikipedia

museum piece — museum pieces N COUNT If you describe an object or building as a museum piece, you mean that it is old and unusual. It is virtually a flying museum piece, a descendant of the World War Two Lancaster bomber …   English dictionary

museum piece — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ an old fashioned or useless person or object …   English terms dictionary

museum piece — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms museum piece : singular museum piece plural museum pieces 1) humorous someone or something that is considered to be very old fashioned, especially a machine or a piece of equipment 2) an interesting or… …   English dictionary

museum piece — noun 1. : an object of lasting interest or value (as an antique) suitable for or preserved in a museum early pie plates, now museum pieces American Guide Series: Connecticut a museum piece volume Claudia Cassidy some classics, no longer… …   Useful english dictionary

museum piece — 1. something suitable for keeping and exhibiting in a museum. 2. something very old fashioned or decrepit: That car he drives is a museum piece. [1900 05] * * * …   Universalium

museum piece — mu seum .piece n 1.) something or someone that is very old fashioned often used humorously ▪ Some of the weapons used by the rebels are museum pieces. 2.) an object that is so valuable or interesting that it should be in a museum …   Dictionary of contemporary English

museum piece — mu seum ,piece noun count 1. ) HUMOROUS someone or something that is considered to be very old fashioned, especially a machine or piece of equipment 2. ) an interesting or important object that is appropriate for a museum …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

museum piece — noun (C) 1 often humorous a very old fashioned piece of equipment: Some of the weapons used by the rebels are museum pieces. 2 an object that is so valuable or interesting that it should be in a museum …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

museum piece — muse′um piece n. 1) something suitable for keeping and exhibiting in a museum 2) something very old fashioned or decrepit • Etymology: 1900–05 …   From formal English to slang

museum piece — Synonyms and related words: abnormality, anomaly, art object, brainchild, bric a brac, classic, composition, conversation piece, creation, curio, curiosity, design, exception, grotesque, improbability, kitsch, master, masterpiece, masterwork,… …   Moby Thesaurus