Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corner shop

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: cor-ner shop
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of everyday items and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.

British usage

Example Sentences

"After six such encounters in tiny corner shops which normally complained that they were out of sugar, that the cornflakes were late in again and that they couldn't get tomato sauce for love nor money, the Captain, his head reeling, had staggered into the High Street off-licence."

Etymology

Such shops were traditionally built on street corners at the end of rows of terraced houses.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

corner shops (plural)

Synonyms

minimart newsagent convenience store c-store 7-Eleven corner store variety store dépanneur milk bar dairy superette minimarket

Questions

What does corner shop mean?: A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of everyday items and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.
Where does corner shop come from?: Such shops were traditionally built on street corners at the end of rows of terraced houses.

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