shop
An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
Noun 4 meanings
An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
“The car's in the shop right now.”
Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
Verb 4 meanings
To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
“Why don’t you come shopping for gifts with me, early before the Christmas rush?”
To browse or purchase products from (a catalog, an internet website, etc.), mostly from home.
“Shop our new arrivals.”
To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
To investigate or evaluate as a mystery shopper.
Interjection 1 meaning
Used to attract the services of a shop assistant
Etymology
From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”).
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SHOP at a glance
SHOP has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + O 1 + P 3) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,366 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with shop
All rhymes- BISHOP13
- WORKSHOP20
- ARCHBISHOP22
- PHOTOSHOP19
- CHOP11
- BOOKSHOP19
- BARBERSHOP19
- SWEATSHOP17
- PAWNSHOP18
- BELLHOP14
- WHOP12
- TOYSHOP15
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