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/ʃˈəʊstɒpɐ/
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NOUN
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something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal
the brilliant orange flowers against the green foliage were a showstopper
she has a show-stopper of a smile - an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
How To Use showstopper In A Sentence
- The cake was the real showstopper: two-tiered and dense with chocolate mousse and ganache.
- And for the final showstopper they have to make 49 bakes in five hours with only one oven each. Times, Sunday Times
- Her natural creativity and artistic talent make her home a real showstopper.
- The line, a showstopper by any standard, was reinforced with impeccable finish and an eye for detail.
- How many romantic misunderstandings and happy-clappy showstoppers must we endure before longing for the curtain to drop in front of those beaming, ambitious faces?
- The onion soup is another showstopper, rich and sweet from caramelized onions.
- The great landscape abstractions from the late '50s and early '60s were the showstoppers in the last of the three large rooms.
- Clapton has covered the Johnson songbook throughout his career, most famously in ‘Crossroads’, his barnstorming showstopper when he was in Cream more than 30 years ago.
- But the showstopper is the 1,450-square-foot Robert Louis Stevenson Suite, with its front-to-back picture windows on three sides -- the joint has helicopter views from the bathtub. Dream Hideaways: The World's Top Microboutique Hotels
- The upmarket style bible put Camilla in its ‘showstoppers’ category of women who know how to dress for a big occasion.
