shopwindow n a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store Usage(s) That shopwindow has been turned into a museum. So far our shopwindow has been filled chiefly with confusion. In Greenmeadows, New Zealand, a 13-year-old schoolboy was nabbed by police after he spotted a fireworks display in a shopwindow, focused the sun's rays through a magnifying glass . Synonym(s) display window shop window show window