shop window
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2.0
- noun
- /ʃɑp ˈwɪndoʊ/
- UK
:
vitrina
- I noticed in your shop window that you're having a summer sale.
Here in the UK, in my country, you will see Ukrainian flags flying everywhere from church Spires and in shop windows.
- Here in the UK, in my country, you will see Ukrainian flags flying everywhere from church Spires and in shop windows.
- So she sees things out of her shop window and that's all the reason that the sun is involved is because.
Examples
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Cautiously, he rapped his knuckles against the shop window; it was hard and cold.
Fiction book (2002) -
The angora kitten he had seen in a pet shop window had become her close companion.
Fiction book (1990) -
A woman with short dark hair, her back to us, is looking in a shop window.
Fiction book (1997) -
Look at the shop window, not at the taxi!
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At the same time, I saw in a shop window a book with my old teacher's name on it.
Fiction book (1990) -
Rachel gazed at them as if they were articles in a shop window.
Fiction book (1991) -
Remember that necklace you admired in the shop window in Regent Street?
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The image shatters, and I am staring into a shop window, seeing nothing but myself reflected back.
Fiction book (2001) -
You've always got your nose pressed up against the bake shop window, don't you, Dwight?
Fiction book (1993) -
As I passed by the shop window, the elegant dress on display caught my eye.
Synonyms
2
3.0
A large front shop window that shows goods to attract customers
1
3.1
A window at the front of a shop that shows goods to attract people
A window at the front of a shop that shows goods for sale
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'shop' (place selling goods) + 'window' (a display/opening) so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it refers to a shop's display area used to show goods and attract customers. The digital sense (online display) is a transparent metaphorical extension of the physical shop window and is cross-linguistically plausible, so the overall sense is readily derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Shop window is the glass front of a shop where the owner puts goods in the window so people walking past can see them. That's why it means 'a window at the front of a shop used to display goods for sale'.