shop class
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3.1
- noun
- /ʃɑp klæs/
- US
:
clase de taller
- In shop class, we learned how to use different tools safely and effectively.
- high school shop class
- wood shop class
- school shop class
Now, we didn't just take shop class out of high school.
- Now, we didn't just take shop class out of high school.
- I think we had gotten quite distant from shop classes.
- They just didn't like the idea of kids being in their shop class.
Examples
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Bill Itel took shop classes at Los Gatos High School.
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Many years ago, people learned to weld in a high school shop class or in a family business or farm, and they came up through the ranks and capped out at a certain skill level.
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All right, well, I-I got to get to shop class.
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I should have paid attention in shop class.
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Anybody here take shop class?
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Many of the tools, including those for wood and metal working, were left from the shop class of years past.
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Who said shop class was useless?
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From the moment we arrived at the converted shop class building, the enthusiasm and support from the community were obvious.
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You're in my shop class, right?
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A vocational tech teacher for a local school severely injured his hand while using a table saw in shop class.
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Synonyms
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A school class where students learn to work with tools and wood
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a school course in practical skills' is directly derivable from combining 'shop' (workshop, place for practical trades) with 'class' (a course or group of pupils). This is a straightforward compositional compound—so a B1 learner who knows the constituent senses will be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Shop class comes from the idea of a shop as a 'place where people make or fix things' and a class where students learn. Schools set up small workshops like real shops so students could use tools and learn trades, so shop class means a school course for practical 'hands-on' skills.