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"vitrine" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often showcase (8 letters).
Definitions
a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
Word origin
Borrowed from French vitrine, from vitre (“pane of glass”), from Old French, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).
Used in a sentence
“Lastly, when great numbers of the plates are treated with the hot or boiling water, it should be done in a vitrine or cabinet ventilated directly into the open air.”
“Checking behind him nervously, the dealer was trying to concentrate on showing Bouck some small art-glass pieces in a vitrine in the middle of the booth.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Glass showcase”7 letters
02“Display case”7 letters
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