English > shop: 7 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services. |
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| Example | "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" |
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| Synonym | store |
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| Parts | shopfront, storefront | The front side of a store facing the street |
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| Narrower | bakery, bakeshop, bakehouse | A workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold |
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| barbershop | A shop where men can get their hair cut |
| bazaar, bazar | A shop where a variety of goods are sold |
| betting shop | A licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track |
| bodega | A small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries |
| bookshop, bookstore, bookstall | A shop where books / books are sold |
| booth | A small shop at a fair |
| boutique, dress shop | A shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry |
| building supply store, building supply house | A store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
| butcher shop, meat market | A shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold |
| canteen | sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp / camp / camp etc. |
| chain store | One of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
| cleaners, dry cleaners | shop where dry cleaning is done |
| clothing store, haberdashery, haberdashery store, mens store | A store where men's clothes are sold |
| commissary | A retail store that sells equipment and provisions / provisions (usually to military personnel) |
| computer store | A store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user |
| confectionery, confectionary, candy store | A confectioner's shop |
| convenience store | A store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items |
| delicatessen, deli, food shop | A shop selling ready-to-eat food products |
| drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy | A retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold |
| florist, florist shop, flower store | A shop where flowers / flowers and ornamental plants are sold |
| gift shop, novelty shop | A shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts |
| hardware store, ironmonger, ironmonger's shop | A store selling hardware |
| head shop | A shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users |
| junk shop | A shop that sells cheap secondhand goods |
| millinery, hat shop | shop selling women's hats |
| outfitter | A shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose |
| package store, liquor store, off-licence | A store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere |
| pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop, loan office | A shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
| perfumery | store where perfumes are sold |
| pet shop | A shop where pet animals can be purchased |
| pizzeria, pizza shop, pizza parlor | A shop / shop where pizzas are made and sold |
| repair shop, fix-it shop | A shop specializing in repairs and maintenance |
| salon, beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop | A shop where hairdressers and beauticians work |
| shoe shop, shoe-shop, shoe store | A shop where shoes are sold |
| specialty store | A store that sells only one kind of merchandise |
| thriftshop, second-hand store | A shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices |
| tobacco shop, tobacconist shop, tobacconist | A shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes |
| toyshop | shop where toys are sold |
| Broader | mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet | A place of business for retailing goods |
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| Spanish | almacén, comercio, establecimiento, negocio, tienda |
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| Catalan | botiga, establiment, tenda |
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| Verbs | shop | do one's shopping / shopping |
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| shop | shop around |
| shop | do one's shopping at |
