construction | drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem, the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem |
shop class shop | a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity), I built a birdhouse in shop |
construction building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
road construction | the construction of roads |
construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
betting shop | a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track |
boutique dress shop | a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry |
bucket shop | (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket |
butcher shop meat market | a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold |
cafe coffeehouse coffee shop coffee bar | a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold |
chop shop | a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts |
delicatessen deli food shop | a shop selling ready-to-eat food products |
display window shop window shopwindow show window | a window of a store facing onto the street, used to display merchandise for sale in the store |
drugstore apothecary's shop chemist's chemist's shop pharmacy | a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold |
espresso shop | a cafe where espresso is served |
florist florist shop flower store | a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold |
gift shop novelty shop | a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts |
hardware store ironmonger ironmonger's shop | a store selling hardware, in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop |
head shop | a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users, he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop |
junk shop | a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods |
machine shop | workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools |
millinery hat shop | shop selling women's hats |
pawnbroker's shop pawnshop loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
pet shop | a shop where pet animals can be purchased |
pizzeria pizza shop pizza parlor | a shop where pizzas are made and sold |
print shop printing shop | a workplace where printing is done |
repair shop fix-it shop | a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance |
salon beauty salon beauty parlor beauty parlour beauty shop | a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work |
shoe shop shoe-shop shoe store | a shop where shoes are sold |
shop store | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services, he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod |
shop bell | a bell attached to the door of a small shop, warns the proprietor that a customer has entered the shop |
shop floor | workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines, the productive work is done on the shop floor |
slopshop slopseller's shop | a store that sells cheap ready-made clothing |
structure construction | a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts, the structure consisted of a series of arches, she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons |
tobacco shop tobacconist shop tobacconist | a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes |
tuck shop | a candy store in Great Britain |
workshop shop | small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done |
construction mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
construction grammatical construction expression | a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit, I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner |
shop talk | talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand |
construction twist | an interpretation of a text or action, they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct |
construction industry housing industry | an industry that builds housing |
bucket shop | an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm |
open shop | a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union |
closed shop | a company that hires only union members |
union shop | a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time |
chemist | a scientist who specializes in chemistry |
construction worker hard hat | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |
machinist mechanic shop mechanic | a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools |
nuclear chemist radiochemist | a chemist who specializes in nuclear chemistry |