trophy cases

Victory exhibition cabinets

Trophy cases are display cabinets, typically glass-fronted, used to showcase awards, medals, cups, and other tokens of achievement.

Schools, sports facilities, and corporate lobbies commonly feature them: The hallway trophy case held decades of championship hardware.

Figuratively, anything serving to display accomplishments functions as a trophy case: His office wall was basically a trophy case of degrees and certifications.

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accolades · display · commemorative plaques · championships · MVP award · shelving · sports memorabilia · high school sports · nostalgia items · glory · glory days · bragging rights · honors · certificates · engravings · polishing · dust · dust collectors

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purpose/contents

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Receptacles for keeping things

junk drawers · trash cans · garbage bins · donation bins · recycling bins

visibility/display intent

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Receptacles for refuse

dumpsters · storage bins · junk drawers · landfills · closets

symbolic value

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Display of disgraced names

memory holes

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G