ironmonger's shop
- noun
- /ˈaɪənˌmʌŋɡəz ʃɒp/
- UK
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ferretería
- While visiting England, we stopped at an ironmonger's shop to find a new hammer and some nails.
Examples
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There is an old-fashioned ironmonger's shop on the corner that still sells traditional household items.
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I need to visit the ironmonger's shop for some nails.
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My grandfather used to buy his tools from the local ironmonger's shop in the village.
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The ironmonger's shop is just around the corner.
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My grandfather used to buy his tools from the local ironmonger's shop in the village.
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There is an old-fashioned ironmonger's shop on the corner that still sells traditional household items.
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While visiting England, we stopped at an ironmonger's shop to find a new hammer and some nails.
Synonyms
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1.0
A shop that sells tools and supplies for home repair
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8.8
A shop or person who sells tools, nails, and other small metal goods
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
ironmonger's + shop
The phrase is partially compositional: 'shop' clearly indicates a place selling goods and 'iron' cues metal/hardware, so a learner could infer it refers to a store selling metal or hardware items. However, 'ironmonger's' is a somewhat dated/British lexicalized form (the '-monger' element may be unfamiliar to B1 learners), so the exact occupational sense and register may not be fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Ironmonger's shop comes from the old job name ironmonger, a person who sold items made of iron because monger was an old word for 'seller'. That's why an ironmonger's shop means a shop that sells tools, nails and other metal household goods today.