[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shop \shop\, n. oe. shoppe, schoppe, as. sceoppa a treasury, a
   storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, lg. schup a
   shed, g. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, ohg.
   scopf.
   1. a building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs,
      etc., are sold by retail.
      1913 webster

            from shop to shop
            wandering, and littering with unfolded silks
            the polished counter.                 --cowper.
      1913 webster

   2. a building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe
      shop; a car shop.
      1913 webster

            a tailor called me in his shop.       --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a person's occupation, business, profession, or the like,
      as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.;
      -- sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk
      shop at a party. also used attributively, as in shop talk.
      webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   4. a place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's
      shop; also, slang, any of the various places of business
      which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor,
      broker, etc.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   5. any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.
      slang, chiefly eng.

   6. the group of workers and the activities controlled by an
      administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop.
      colloq.

   note: shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as,
         shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief;
         shop window, or shop-window, etc.
         1913 webster

   to smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively one's
      occupation or profession.

   to talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social
      conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's
      employment. colloq.
      1913 webster

   syn: store; warehouse. see store.
        1913 webster
see also:
to smell of the shop to talk shop store 

Shop >> S Words
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Shop Floor >> S Words
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Shop Steward >> S Words
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Open Shop >> O Words
Open Shop, definition of term: Open Shop
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Novelty Shop >> N Words
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Machine Shop >> M Words
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Closed Shop >> C Words
Closed Shop, definition of term: Closed Shop
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Coffee Shop >> C Words
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Gift Shop >> G Words
Gift Shop, definition of term: Gift Shop
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Chop Shop >> C Words
Chop Shop, definition of term: Chop Shop
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