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food shop

food shop

1 1.0
A shop that sells ready-to-eat meals and other food
  • noun
  • /fuːd ʃɒp/
translation icon : tienda de alimentos
  • Instead, they supply Norwegian food shops with Starbucks.
  • gourmet food shop
  • fast food shop
  • specialty food shop

Examples

  • Yesterday Matt did a huge Christmas food shop to hopefully last us like through the holiday season so we won't have to keep going back or anything.

  • We are currently in M&S doing our annual Christmas food shop for Christmas Day.

  • And it's going to be like the first big food shop, which I'm excited to do.

  • When I was doing my food shop on Ocado, they had these.

  • Radio, wipers, and mirror in hand, he considered the food shop on the corner.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Zarfo led the way to a food shop; the two men took their purchases to a table on the street.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Speaker, heating bills, food shops and fuel costs are all rising at a staggering speed this winter.

  • I visited the local food shop to pick up some fresh bread and vegetables.

  • The new food shop downtown offers a variety of organic snacks and meals.

  • Every weekend, she goes to the food shop to stock up on her favorite ready-to-eat dishes.

Synonyms

grocery
vsfood shop
  • US
353 1.0

A shop that sells food and household items

is narrower, concentrating mainly on ready-to-eat food items
grocery store
vsfood shop
  • US
248 1.0

A shop that sells food and other everyday items

centres more on ready-to-eat items rather than general household goods
supermarket
vsfood shop
244 1.0

A large store where you buy food and household items

refers to a smaller shop focused mainly on ready-to-eat food items
deli
vsfood shop
106 2.1

A shop or part of a shop that sells ready-to-eat foods like cooked meats, cheese, salads, and sandwiches

has identical meaning but is shorter and more informal in speech
delicatessen
vsfood shop
5 4.9

A shop that sells ready-to-eat foods like cooked meats, cheeses, and salads

focuses on ready-to-eat items rather than a wider grocery selection
food market
vsfood shop
3 1.1

A shop or market that sells food and groceries

is more specialized in selling ready-to-eat products rather than broad groceries

How Big

hypermarket
1 3.8
supermarket
244 1.0
food shop
1 1.0
stall
38 1.0

Surface Forms

food shop singular
food shops plural

Morphology

food + shop

The meaning 'a shop selling food' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'food' (things consumed) with 'shop' (place to buy goods); a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer this. This noun–noun compound pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., equivalents like 'grocery' or 'food store'), so the expression is transparent.

Etymology

Food shop comes from joining food and shop — imagine a small store window full of sandwiches, salads and snacks people can buy quickly. That's why it means 'a shop that sells food, often ready to eat'.