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noun

ˈshäp How to pronounce shop (audio)
Definition of shopnext
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as in store
also shoppe an establishment where goods are sold to consumers the only shop that has that video game in stock is halfway across the state

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as in factory
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods a machine shop

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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field the patient impressed her cardiologist with her ability to talk shop

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verb

British
as in to inform (on)

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Recent Examples of shop
Noun
Demonstrations erupted into riots on Saturday, with almost 2,400 people arrested, shops looted or damaged and buildings covered in graffiti as violent groups clashed with police in cities across the country, according to the interior ministry. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 Beginning in December, visitors can experience everything from a Holiday Open House, where local shops open their doors to strolling carolers, to Magic at the Mill, during which the famous DeZwaan windmill glitters with lights. — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026 By leveraging its immense manufacturing scale and a vast network of local bike shop partners across the US, the company works with margins that smaller startups couldn’t survive with. — New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026 Fielder and Oppenheim set up shop in the family’s rented San Diego home, and two weeks before Holmes leaves, Fielder moves in. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shop
  1. store
  2. factory
  3. terminology
  4. turn in
  5. mill
  6. dialect
  7. plant
  8. vocabulary
Noun
  • For the Bills fans, the store opening is bringing a slice of home and Upstate New York.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Frosted glass walls reveal a garden of oversize, colorful leather flowers, while wood and leather, recurring materials in Polène’s stores, appear in the furnishings.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of store
Noun
  • Workers have faced this bargain before More than a century ago, factory managers faced a similar problem.
    — Christoph Trattner, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Meuser’s seat is considered safe, but other races in the state are up for grabs, including in the 7th and 8th districts, which are near the Post and Trivium factories.
    — Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • Titles, descriptions and other metadata for older videos and podcasts may also be revised to reflect the new terminology, while the original recordings, transcripts and captions will remain unchanged.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • That terminology provides a way to identify how a medication is designed without turning the description into a judgment about treatment quality.
    — Emma Clapp, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of terminology
Verb
  • Passport-holders must visit various small Sacramento-area businesses sponsoring this year’s event and collect stamps, before turning in their passport at Strapping to redeem their prize.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Several Fort Worth-area running backs turned in big performances in Week 7.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of turn in
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  • Selvedge is now synonymous with premium denim worldwide, and the mills of Okayama supply fabric to high-end jeans makers far beyond Japan, for garments selling at hundreds, even thousands of dollars.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The retreat in mill buying may have been a factor that sent prices lower, but there could be other influences.
    — SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of mill
Noun
  • The conflicts are raw and unresolved, and Churchill forces theatergoers to make up their own minds about the characters’ furious dialect.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Documenting many varieties is a way to not just share the language, but to illustrate how dialects of Pennsylvania Dutch differ and maybe even fill in each other’s gaps.
    — Eythana Miller, The Dial, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of dialect
Noun
  • Workers are organizing at manufacturing plants, in newsrooms, in technology, in hospitals, on college campuses, and construction sites.
    — Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The precise air quality impact is hard to gauge since regulators could decide to simply stretch out rules that limit some natural gas plants to 30 hours of operation per year, as opposed to canceling the restraints altogether.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of plant
Noun
  • Together, the works suggest that preserving craft requires more than maintaining its technical vocabulary.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Luxury menswear’s customer base and vocabulary were both shifting permanently.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
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“Shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shop. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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