shop
/ʃɑp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skills.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter."
- "A tailor called me in his shop."
- "I just left Dannemora and the same thing is happening here at Auburn prison […] They don't want to put me in the plate shop or let me have a good paying job."
- "The car's in the shop right now."
- "What struck me about the occasion was the quiet though cheerful tone of the gathering, the restraint, noticeable also in the very few speeches. Chemistry was taboo, by common consent — no "shop" allowed."
- "But Mary cut her short. "We don't allow shop at tea, Sally," she said firmly."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skup- Old English scoppa Middle English schoppe English shop From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“shed”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic). The verb is denominal. The noun senses “act of shopping”, “purchased items” are backformed from the verb.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʃɑp/
- British English: /ʃɒp/