Showroom

Origin

show + room. Verb sense circa 2011.

Full definition of showroom

Noun

1. A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.
2. (dated) A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.

Verb

1. 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.This new phone looks good, but I want to go to the mall and showroom it before buying.

Usage notes

Especially used in nominalized form showrooming.