shop front

noun

1
: the front side of a store
customers entering the shop front
2
: a room or group of rooms in the front part of a store building
He rented a shop front on Main Street.

Examples of shop front in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In December, on Grafton Street, a bustling Dublin shopping street, a middle-aged woman pushed a cart filled with her belongings, a sleeping bag and tent folded on top, past a shop front filled with glittering Christmas displays. Megan Specia, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024

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“Shop front.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shop%20front. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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