"museum piece" meaning in All languages combined

See museum piece on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-museum piece.ogg [Australia] Forms: museum pieces [plural]
Etymology: Referring to the preservation of historic artifacts in museums. Head templates: {{en-noun}} museum piece (plural museum pieces)
  1. An item worthy of being kept by a museum. Categories (topical): Museums
    Sense id: en-museum_piece-en-noun-AjUk32W6 Disambiguation of Museums: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 72 28
  2. (slang) A very old item, especially an obsolete piece of technology. Tags: slang Translations (old item): muzeální kousek (Czech), Museumsstück [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-museum_piece-en-noun-no31UbLD Disambiguation of 'old item': 32 68

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