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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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3
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
Collecting royalties Royal Pop pocket watches in the shop window of the Swatch store on 23rd May 2026 in London, United Kingdom. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 With Stranger Things coming to an end, both series’ creators/executive producers The Duffer Brothers and director/executive producer Shawn Levy are moving on by setting up shop elsewhere. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026 The shop will utilize Paradise Locker Meats, also in Trimble, for his proteins. — Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026 Now, the iconic cone shop has opened in Palmetto Bay at King’s Bay Shopping Center. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 28 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
  • That behavior gives engineers a way to control how a material stores and releases electrical energy.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Your email platform, your ad accounts and your store can stay specialized and separate.
    — Erik Huberman, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of store
Noun
  • The factory is positioned near Hungary’s growing electric vehicle manufacturing sector.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Unregulated textile factories, iron and steel mills, and Coca-Cola production and chemical plants spewed pollution into the air and water well into the mid-20th century.
    — Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of factory
Noun
  • By following an idea through scholarship, students can see how terminology shifts, arguments develop, and disagreements emerge, and how their own writing enters that process.
    — Saurabh Anand, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The result can be a homepage filled with procedures, devices, awards, credentials and medical terminology without a clear reason to keep going.
    — Chris Zelig, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
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Verb
  • Outside of fencing’s turn in the Olympic spotlight every four years, the sport largely disappears from the public eye.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Several Fort Worth-area running backs turned in big performances in Week 4.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of turn in
Noun
  • The wars caused massive destruction of religious and civic buildings, mills and mines, housing, crops, herds and transport infrastructure, damaging prosperity and forcing some people to move or starve.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Produced in partnership with Bose, the Quietcomfort Ultra headphones are no run of the mill audio accessory.
    — Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of mill
Noun
  • Italy is a unique country where every city has its own identity, architecture, traditions, flavors, dialects and even different ways of life.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Punic, the language of Carthage, was a dialect of Phoenician that was widely used in North Africa.
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of dialect
Noun
  • In Indonesia, farmers rely on rain to dissolve fertilizers into the soil to avoid burning the plants, explained Eddy Martono, chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association.
    — EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The first pre-production ES-36 aircraft is currently under construction at Heart’s pilot manufacturing plant in Los Angeles, with first flight expected in the second half of 2028 and entry into service in 2031.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of plant
Noun
  • Children often don’t have the vocabulary to name a fear directly or the confidence that a topic is safe to raise.
    — Anahi Collado, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Skin barrier talk has moved from dermatology offices into TikTok routines and product marketing, and the vocabulary is starting to change how people buy skincare.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of vocabulary

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“Shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shop. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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