jewelry store
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈdʒuːəlri stɔr/
- US
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joyería
- Inside a jewelry store box was a gift card that said: "Happy Birthday, Bill."
- run a jewelry store
I mean, I've seen reels of them just walking in Apple stores and just jewelry stores smashing glass and then just leaving.
- I mean, I've seen reels of them just walking in Apple stores and just jewelry stores smashing glass and then just leaving.
- So they I said, like, all right, I'm going to go to the the jewelry store and make an irresponsible decision.
Examples
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I was on my way to the jewelry store to buy the ring.
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After browsing several shops, she finally found the perfect engagement ring at the jewelry store on Main Street.
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And right then, we were in front of a jewelry store.
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- Right there on the corner by the jewelry store.
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And I opened up my own jewelry store, too: 'The Gold Rush.'
Fiction book (1995) -
The clock outside a jewelry store indicated I was half an hour late.
Fiction book (1999) -
Moses worked for my father in the jewelry store in Philadelphia before my father retired.
Fiction book (1990) -
After work one day, we toured the jewelry stores on State Street.
Fiction book (2002) -
The seventh day arrived and the jewelry store didn't have the ring ready.
Fiction book (1995) -
I bet it'll look prettier on you than it did in the jewelry store.
Synonyms
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1.0
A shop where people buy goods like food or clothes
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2.8
A person or shop that makes, sells and fixes jewelry like rings and necklaces
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3.2
A person or shop that buys and sells rings and necklaces
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a shop that sells jewelry' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'jewelry' (items worn for adornment) with 'store' (a shop), following a standard noun+noun composition. This is a common, literal compound structure cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Jewelry store comes from two plain words: jewelry (small, valuable items like rings and necklaces) and store ('shop' where things are kept and sold). Long ago, people who made or sold bright, small treasures kept them in special shops, so jewelry store means 'a shop that sells jewelry'.