Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
improvisation temporary expedient | an unplanned expedient |
suspension temporary removal | a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc) |
care maintenance upkeep | activity involved in maintaining something in good working order, he wrote the manual on car care |
scheduled maintenance | maintenance at a regularly scheduled time |
maintenance criminal maintenance | the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community, unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit |
shop class shop | a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity), I built a birdhouse in shop |
workshop | a brief intensive course for a small group, emphasizes problem solving |
sustenance sustentation sustainment maintenance upkeep | the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence, they were in want of sustenance, fishing was their main sustainment |
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 |
cable railway funicular funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
cafe coffeehouse coffee shop coffee bar | a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold |
car railcar railway car railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
chop shop | a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts |
cog railway rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
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 |
elevated railway elevated railroad elevated el overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
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 |
line railway line rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
locomotive engine locomotive engine railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
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 |
railroad track railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway railroad railroad line railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station railroad station railroad terminal train station train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
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 |
scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
sheltered workshop | a workshop that offers jobs to members of the physically or developmentally disabled population |
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 |
temporary hookup patch | a connection intended to be used for a limited time |