butcher shop
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈbʊtʃər ʃɑp/
:
carnicería
- Every Saturday, I stop by the butcher shop to pick up some sausages.
- grocery stores and butcher shop
- stores and butcher shop
I sent more steaks from De Braga, which is a amazing butcher shop out in New York.
- I sent more steaks from De Braga, which is a amazing butcher shop out in New York.
- Brunow is the same city that Hitler was born in, born over a butcher shop, go figure, you know so.
Examples
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I often walked with her to the butcher shop for scraps to give stray dogs.
Fiction book (2001) -
The butcher shop offers a wide selection of meats from local farms.
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Their place is here at the butcher shop.
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I went into a butcher shop the other day.
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A customer went into a butcher shop and asked for a cut of meat.
Academic text (1994) -
The best butcher shop in New York is on Bleecker Street, sir.
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For example, 40 years ago, meat was sold by shipping whole carcasses to the butcher shop.
Fiction book (1995) -
You wouldn't go into a butcher shop and ask for a pound of steak without anticipating that you would have to pay for it.
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GERRY'S FATHER OWNED A BUTCHER SHOP ON MAIN STREET.
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I visited the butcher shop to buy some fresh chicken for dinner.
Synonyms
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1.0
A shop that sells food and household items
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1.0
A shop that sells food and other everyday items
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1.0
A person who cuts and sells meat
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1.1
A shop that sells meat such as beef and chicken
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4.7
A shop where animals are killed and meat is prepared and sold
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1.0
A shop that sells ready-to-eat meals and other food
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a shop where fresh meat and poultry are sold' is directly and transparently composed from 'butcher' (a worker who prepares/sells meat) + 'shop' (a place to buy goods). This noun-noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Butcher shop comes from the person who cuts meat, the butcher, and the place where they sell it, the shop. Picture a butcher behind a counter cutting pieces of meat while customers buy them, and that's why the phrase means 'a shop where fresh meat is sold'.