word: museum
By: Carla Arroyo, INS d'Almenar (SP) &
Giorgio Murmura, Liceo Scientifico Statale "G. Berto" (IT)
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Word definition(s)
A museum is a building where a large number of interesting and valuable objects, such as works of art or historical items, are kept, studied, and displayed to the public.
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Word origin
From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).
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Idioms and phrases
museum piece
Someone or something that is particularly aged or old-fashioned (thus likened to something belonging in a museum).
Wow, where'd you get this museum piece? Does it even still work?
My grannie is a museum piece of the intolerance and bigotry of the 1950s.
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Pronunciations
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Sources:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/museum
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