dress shop
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1.1
- noun
- /drɛs ʃɑp/
:
tienda de vestidos
- The dress shop on Elm Street offers a wide selection of elegant gowns and accessories.
- a fancy dress shop
- opened a dress shop
- dress shop and jewelry store
I really like to do my own business and perhaps I'll start a dress shop, right?
- I really like to do my own business and perhaps I'll start a dress shop, right?
Examples
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There's a dress shop at the top of the stairs.
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Hey, why don't I call that nice little dress shop down in Memphis?
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I am gonna open a dress shop.
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Does the dress shop know you left with that on?
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Yes, a visit to the dress shop was definitely in order.
Fiction book (2000) -
At the dress shop, Mother was always the lady, for sure!
Fiction book (1996) -
Once, she owned a dress shop downtown, but she lost it on account of the Depression.
Fiction book (2002) -
There's a small dress shop in the Village.
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Patsy pushed open the door, and the two of them walked into the elegant dress shop.
Fiction book (1996) -
My grandfather, who started out as a milliner, had a dress shop on the main drag downtown.
Blog text (28)
Synonyms
75
4.4
A small shop that sells stylish clothes or jewellery
24
1.0
A shop that sells clothes for men and women
How Specialized
1
3.0
75
4.4
6
1.1
24
1.0
100
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a shop that sells dresses' is directly and predictably composed from 'dress' (a garment) + 'shop' (a place to buy goods). This straightforward noun-noun compounding follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun dress shop is a simple picture of a dress and a shop, a store where people go to choose and try on dresses. That's why it means 'a shop that sells women's clothes and accessories'.