a conversation piece
11conversation piece — {n.} Something that interests people and makes them talk about it; something that looks unusual, comical, or strange. * /Uncle Fred has a glass monkey on top of his piano that he keeps for a conversation piece./ …
12conversation\ piece — noun Something that interests people and makes them talk about it; something that looks unusual, comical, or strange. Uncle Fred has a glass monkey on top of his piano that he keeps for a conversation piece …
13(a) conversation piece — a strange or interesting object that people talk about. Charlotte s collection of Victorian cards were a good conversation piece …
14conversation piece — conver sation .piece n something that provides a subject for conversation often used humorously about objects that seem very strange or ugly …
15conversation piece — or conversation galante A portrait of a group of earnest people. Conversation galante is the original and French form of this term, often equivalent to or a variant of the fête galante, made popular by Watteau …
16conversation piece — noun Date: 1712 1. a painting of a group of persons in their customary surroundings 2. something (as a novel or unusual object) that stimulates conversation …
17conversation piece — trinket or object that inspires conversation about its unusual qualities; dramatic work based primarily on dialogue rather than plot …
18conversation piece — noun 1》 a type of genre painting in which groups of figures are posed in a landscape or domestic setting. 2》 an object whose unusual quality makes it a topic of conversation …
19conversation piece — noun (C) something that provides a subject for conversation, often said in a joking way about objects that seem very strange or ugly …
20conversation piece — noun something interesting that stimulates conversation • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre, ↑center of attention, ↑centre of attention …
