haberdashery store
- noun
- /ˈhæbərˌdæʃəri stɔr/
- US
:
tienda de sastrería
- He bought a new suit at the downtown haberdashery store before his job interview.
Examples
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The city center still has a classic haberdashery store run by the same family for generations.
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Many traditional haberdashery stores also offer tailoring services.
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I visited a haberdashery store downtown.
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Do you know where the nearest haberdashery store is?
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He bought a new suit at the downtown haberdashery store before his job interview.
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The city center still has a classic haberdashery store run by the same family for generations.
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Many traditional haberdashery stores also offer tailoring services.
Synonyms
24
1.0
A shop that sells clothes for men and women
1
8.6
A shop that sells men's clothes and accessories like hats and ties
1
1.7
A shop that sells clothes and accessories for men
1
1.0
A shop that sells hats, often for women
How Specialized
75
4.4
- US
24
1.0
100
1.3
16
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'haberdashery' specifies the type of goods (men's clothing and accessories) and 'store' denotes a shop, so the combined meaning is simply a shop selling haberdashery. This follows a common noun + noun/store pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Haberdashery store comes from the old word haberdasher, a 'seller' of small sewing items like buttons, ribbons and hats. Picture a small shop full of those little items, and that image explains why a haberdashery store today means a shop for men's clothes and accessories.