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COLLECTOR'S ITEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collector's item mean? 

COLLECTOR'S ITEM (noun)
  The noun COLLECTOR'S ITEM has 1 sense:

1. the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collectionplay

  Familiarity information: COLLECTOR'S ITEM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COLLECTOR'S ITEM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

collector's item; piece de resistance; showpiece

Hypernyms ("collector's item" is a kind of...):

curio; curiosity; oddity; oddment; peculiarity; rarity (something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collector's item"):

rariora ((plural) rare collector's items)


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