shop class shop | a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity), I built a birdhouse in shop |
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 |
buffer buffer storage buffer store | (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device, used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system |
building supply store building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
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 |
chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
chop shop | a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts |
clothing store haberdashery haberdashery store mens store | a store where men's clothes are sold |
computer store | a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user |
confectionery confectionary candy store | a confectioner's shop |
consumer goods | goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption |
convenience store | a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items, open long hours for the convenience of customers |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
delicatessen deli food shop | a shop selling ready-to-eat food products |
department store emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise, commonly part of a retail chain |
discount house discount store discounter wholesale house | a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price |
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 |
drygoods soft goods | textiles or clothing and related merchandise |
durables durable goods consumer durables | consumer goods that are not destroyed by use |
espresso shop | a cafe where espresso is served |
fancy goods | goods that are chiefly ornamental |
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 |
grocery store grocery food market market | a marketplace where groceries are sold, the grocery store included a meat market |
haberdashery men's furnishings | the drygoods sold by a haberdasher |
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 |
magazine powder store powder magazine | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored |
memory computer memory storage computer storage store memory board | an electronic memory device, a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached |
mercantile establishment retail store sales outlet outlet | a place of business for retailing goods |
millinery hat shop | shop selling women's hats |
munition ordnance ordnance store | military supplies |
notions counter | counter where notions are sold |
packaged goods | groceries that are packaged for sale |
package store liquor store off-licence | a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere |
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 |
push-down storage push-down store stack | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
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 |