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Definition of SHOP

1

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>

Synonyms bazaar, emporium, store

Related Words market, marketplace, outlet, showroom; boutique, chain store, department store, dime store, exchange, five-and-ten (also five-and-dime), mart, mini-mart, thrift shop, variety store; big box, supercenter, superstore

2

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods <a machine shop>

Synonyms manufactory, mill, plant, shop, works, workshop

Related Words sweatshop; atelier, studio, workplace, workroom; yard

3

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field <the patient impressed her cardiologist with her ability to talk shop>

Synonyms argot, cant, dialect, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, shoptalk, slang, vocabulary

Related Words colloquial, colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular, vernacularism; slanguage; bureaucratese, computerese, cyberspeak, educationese, governmentese, journalese, technobabble