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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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shop

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verb

British
as in to inform (on)

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Recent Examples of shop
Noun
Mishka Wilonski had just grabbed pizza from a nearby shop and was walking outside with a friend when the crash happened. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 Many renovations are complete, including the transformation of one building into shop rooms full of tools that students will use to work on real-world projects under faculty supervision. — Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026 That means shops, restaurants, homes, hotels, offices, parks, music venues, and food halls. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 For Austin, the league has a chance to be the first of the four major leagues to set up shop there, a strategy that worked well in Las Vegas. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 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
  • Alo continues to expand rapidly after its big yacht summer; Vuori has surpassed its goal of 100-plus stores by the end of 2026; and the UK’s Adanola secured investment from Story3 Capital, valuing the business at $530 million last year.
    — Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Job duties include greeting and assisting customers, operating cash registers, stocking shelves and cleaning the store.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of store
Noun
  • Wichai Yuankham, 35, a factory worker who came to watch the ships arrive, said the naval visit was a welcome boost to the local economy.
    — Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Like the Standish, the building, a redbrick former bookbinding factory that takes up an entire block, was painstakingly restored in 2014 to keep its 1885 historic facade.
    — Bridget Read, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • When officials disagree, even if legitimate based on terminology, the general public can interpret that disagreement as evidence that officials do not have a solid understanding of the outbreak.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • But there’s an interesting conundrum that arises from the terminology itself.
    — Jennifer Donnelly, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of terminology
Verb
  • The group also held up large red numbers, 305,968, showing how many signatures the campaign turned in to force a statewide vote on the map.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • One of the first passenger tires tested turned in a disappointing wet-weather braking result.
    — Michael Febbo, The Drive, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of turn in
Noun
  • Her paintings, like her images, feel like moving through a fog made of glass and wood, chaos and restraint, Lilith in a Victorian steel mill.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The village's largest employers are a prison, a hospital and a mill that makes wood siding.
    — Russ McNamara, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of mill
Noun
  • Owner and chef Stefania Marchesini, who fished professionally herself for 11 years, pays a premium to local fishermen, especially for soft-shell crabs known in the local dialect as moeche.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • What used to be two entirely separate compliance projects is starting to look like two dialects of the same emerging language.
    — Abdelahhad Barbour, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of dialect
Noun
  • Like other outdoor plants, coleus requires several hours of full, direct sun each day to grow properly, maintain its coloration, and eventually bloom.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Strangely, the momentum could begin in California, a state that banned building new nuclear plants 50 years ago.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of plant
Noun
  • Kitchen grandmacore could show up in that vocabulary within a year.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Lowenstein told me that the evolving maps have drained the meaning from those Obama-era debates about the viability of a Palestinian state, forcing a revision of the vocabulary that American politicians use to talk about the conflict.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of vocabulary

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“Shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shop. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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