antique shop
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.82 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A business dedicated to storing, selling, restoring, and trading in items from previous eras for their superficial and historical value, especially furniture and trinkets.
Example Sentences
- "My grandmother Rosemary never cared much for antique shops, she preferred modern goods as opposed to the things of yore."
- "New Alresford is constantly mispronounced, T-shaped, honeycombed with cellars, packed with antique shops, riddled with woodworm, surrounded by watercress. The name - which means 'ford by the alders' - is pronounced 'Allsford'; and no one ever uses 'New', though they do call the adjoining village Old Alresford."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
Phrases
antique collector
antique dealer
antiques market