Kilo Lingo

shop

/ʃɒp/

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Translation

A place where you go to buy things.

Word origin

From Old English sceoppa, meaning a small booth or shed for selling goods.

Origin
Old English
Root
sceoppa

Grammar

Gender
Pluralshops

Examples

bread .

"Shop" means a place where you buy things.

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"Shop" here means the building where things are sold.

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"Shops" is the plural, meaning more than one shop.

A shop is a place where you go to buy things, such as food, clothes or books. A small shop may sell only one kind of thing, and a big shop may sell many. Most towns have shops on the main street.

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