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Haberdashery vs. Shop

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Haberdasherynoun

Ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop.

Shopnoun

An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

Haberdasherynoun

A shop selling such goods.

Shopnoun

A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.

Haberdasherynoun

A shop selling clothing and accessories for men, including hats.

Shopnoun

A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.

Haberdasherynoun

The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles.

Shopnoun

Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.

Haberdasherynoun

a store where men's clothes are sold

Shopnoun

A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.

Haberdasherynoun

the drygoods sold by a haberdasher

Shopnoun

An establishment where a barber or beautician works.

‘a barber shop’;

Shopnoun

An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.

‘This is where I do my weekly shop.’;

Shopnoun

Discussion of business or professional affairs.

Shopverb

(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

‘I went shopping early before the Christmas rush.’; ‘He’s shopping for clothes.’;

Shopverb

(transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).

‘Shop our new arrivals.’;

Shopverb

To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.

‘He shopped his mates in to the police.’;

Shopverb

Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

Shopinterjection

(dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Shop

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

Shopnoun

A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.

‘From shop to shopWandering, and littering with unfolded silksThe polished counter.’;

Shopnoun

A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.

‘A tailor called me in his shop.’;

Shopnoun

A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; - sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk shop at a party. Also used attributively, as in shop talk.

Shopnoun

A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;

Shopnoun

Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.

Shopnoun

the group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop.

Shopverb

To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

‘He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping.’;

Shopnoun

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services;

‘he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod’;

Shopnoun

small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

Shopnoun

a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity);

‘I built a birdhouse in shop’;

Shopverb

do one's shopping;

‘She goes shopping every Friday’;

Shopverb

do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

Shopverb

shop around; not necessarily buying;

‘I don't need help, I'm just browsing’;

Shopverb

give away information about somebody;

‘He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam’;

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