How do you use the word "shop" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "shop" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "shop": I heard a cotton candy shop has just opened. Let's go, dudes. All you have to do is wait on any customers that come to the shop.

Shop Meaning

/ʃɒp/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

nounA place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.

Sentence Examples

I heard a cotton candy shop has just opened. Let's go, dudes.

All you have to do is wait on any customers that come to the shop.

I shop there from time to time.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

store browse sponsor

Antonyms:

boycott

CEFR Practice Quiz

She walked into the ____ to buy some fresh bread for dinner.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I need to stop at the ____ on my way home to pick up some fresh bread and milk for dinner.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skup- Old English scoppa Middle English shoppe 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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter." — 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:

"A tailor called me in his shop." — c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

"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." — 1986 December 14, Willie Rice, “He Is White And I Am Black”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 4:

"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." — 1917, South African Chemical Institute, Proceedings, page 28:

"But Mary cut her short. "We don't allow shop at tea, Sally," she said firmly." — 1919, Virginia Woolf, Night and Day:

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