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flower store

flower store

1 1.0
A shop that sells flowers and small plants
  • noun
  • /ˈflaʊər stɔr/
  • US
translation icon : florería
  • The flower store offers a wide variety of plants for any occasion.
  • working in a flower store

Examples

  • Well, I was at the, uh, the flower store, and roses just seemed a little boring.

    If Lucy Fell (1996)

  • More was probably clerking at the flower store where she worked. Dad worked nights at the local two-star restaurant and might have been home at noon on a Saturday, but he wasn't; there were lots of places my twin sister Terry might be.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • She didn't know much more about Julia than that she had opened a small flower store three years before and twice weekly arranged sprigs in the diner's vases.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I visited the flower store to buy a bouquet for my friend's birthday.

  • At the flower store, I found beautiful orchids and colorful roses.

Synonyms

florist
vsflower store
16 1.5

A shop that sells flowers and plants for decoration

is the same but uses a different common term for the shop
florist shop
vsflower store
1 1.1

A place that sells flowers and potted plants

is the same but is a two word form rather than a single noun

Surface Forms

flower store singular
flower stores plural

Morphology

flower + store

The meaning 'a shop that sells flowers and ornamental plants' is directly and compositionally derived from 'flower' + 'store' — a store that sells flowers. This noun+noun compound is a common, predictable pattern across many languages (e.g., 'tienda de flores', 'boutique de fleurs') and would be obvious to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Flower store is a simple name: flower and store together mean a 'store' that sells 'flowers'. Imagine a small shop window full of bright bouquets and green plants, so the phrase means 'a shop that sells flowers and ornamental plants'.