"museum piece" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-museum piece.ogg 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: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23
  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

Inflected forms

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