shop

Pronunciation: /ʃɑp/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
  2. noun small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
  3. noun a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)

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”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“spade, kick”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic). The verb is denominal. The noun senses “act of shopping”, “purchased items” are backformed from the verb.

In classic literature

Synonyms

store

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
mercantile establishment
Narrower (hyponyms)
florist, clothing store, chain store, cleaners, gift shop, shoe shop

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