counterpunch parry counter | a return punch (especially by a boxer) |
shop class shop | a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity), I built a birdhouse in shop |
counter-sabotage | counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage |
betting shop | a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track |
boron counter tube | a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons |
boutique dress shop | a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry |
bucket shop | (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket |
buffet counter sideboard | a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room, has shelves and drawers |
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 |
checkout checkout counter | a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases |
chop shop | a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts |
counter | table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted |
counter tabulator | a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens |
counter heel counter | a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot, a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot |
counter | game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games |
counter | (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) |
counter tube | a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events |
crystal counter | a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity |
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 |
Geiger counter Geiger-Muller counter | counter tube that detects ionizing radiations |
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 |
meat counter | counter where meats are displayed for sale |
millinery hat shop | shop selling women's hats |
notions counter | counter where notions are sold |
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 |
proportional counter tube proportional counter | counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced |
pulse counter | an electronic counter that counts the number of electric pulses |
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 |
scintillation counter | counter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiation |
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 |
snack bar snack counter buffet | usually inexpensive bar |
spark chamber spark counter | an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles |
tobacco shop tobacconist shop tobacconist | a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes |