thrift shop

noun

Definition of thrift shopnext
as in department store

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Recent Examples of thrift shop Fill in the gaps when entertaining with inexpensive stools or a wooden bench sourced at a thrift shop or online. — Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 25 May 2026 The furniture is almost entirely vintage, sourced from secondhand retailers, New York City thrift shops, or antique shops from around the Hudson Valley. — Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2026 The art section of most thrift shops is ripe for the picking. — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 4 May 2026 Along with the food shelf, the building also houses a thrift shop. — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for thrift shop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrift shop
  1. department store
  2. chain store
  3. variety store
  4. dime store
  5. boutique
  6. exchange
Noun
  • Qatar owns the Harrods department store in London and founded the powerful Al Jazeera satellite news network.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • According to interviews with Hooper, the concept for the film crystallized for him after a Christmastime visit to a Montgomery Ward department store.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026
Definition of department store
Noun
  • In a press release, the San Jose Police Department said its retail theft unit was investigating retail thefts of large amounts of golf balls from multiple retail chain stores between March 25 and May 5.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • Appliances Over 10 Years Old Habitat for Humanity ReStore is one of the few secondhand chain stores that accepts large appliances—whether laundry machines or fridges.
    — Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 14 May 2026
Definition of chain store
Noun
  • Opening in 1951, the Broadway Shopping Center, as it was then called, also offered space for several anchor department stores, along with a Woolworth variety store.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
  • And that didn’t include Barnes & Noble outlets, college bookstores, online-only sellers, rare book dealers, Friends of the Library shops or variety stores that also sell books.
    — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
Definition of variety store
Noun
  • During the 1930s and 1940s, customers could find glassware nearly anywhere, from department stores to dime stores and from catalogs to grocery-store promotions.
    — Alexandra Churchill, Martha Stewart, 17 Apr. 2026
  • And Black is a dime store paperback and pulp fiction aficionado, with the Bolan stories among his favorites.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
Definition of dime store
Noun
  • Material Good with three iconic Swiss watchmakers — IWC Schaffhausen, Panerai and Jaeger-LeCoultre — will debut a joint venture boutique between Kodak Group and Material Good in the mall’s luxury wing.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso July 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
  • Netflix, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Versant and major private equity firms are among the participants in an auction run by boutique investment firm Liontree, according to Puck.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Definition of boutique
Noun
  • The footage, published by the Idaho State Journal, shows that an exchange of expletives ensued.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • The United States and Iran have traded new attacks, intensifying an exchange that threatens to collapse their agreement to end the war.
    — Courtney Kube, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Definition of exchange

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“Thrift shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrift%20shop. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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