shoe store
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- noun
- /ʃuː stɔːr/
- US
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zapatería
- She bought a beautiful pair of boots at the local shoe store yesterday.
- athletic shoe store
- shoe store chain
- shoe store owner
CE OS, they had sub shops, Barber shops, nail salons, shoe stores, you name it, right?
- CE OS, they had sub shops, Barber shops, nail salons, shoe stores, you name it, right?
- So Jeff's asking because he runs a, a, a running shoe store.
- Aldo, that place, the shoe store, Aldo, I think it's Aldo.
Examples
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And it started to pour so bad we ducked into that little shoe store.
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After lunch, my father wanted to visit his father's old shoe store at Park and Alder.
Fiction book (1996) -
I have to go to this weird online shoe store to get shoes.
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Where is the shoe store?
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- I told you I'd be at the shoe store.
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We still have to go to that shoe store sometime.
Fiction book (2001) -
He works down at the shoe store in the mall.
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Level Shoe District opens up as the world's largest shoe store in Dubai.
Blog text (33) -
At lunchtime, I went to the Red Cross shoe store and selected bright green comfort-fit pumps.
Fiction book (1990) -
Louis Vuitton celebrates the opening of the first pop-up shoe store at Level Shoe District, Dubai.
Blog text (33)
Synonyms
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A shop where people buy goods like food or clothes
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A place where people buy things and pay for services
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A shop that sells goods in small amounts directly to people
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A place where people buy shoes like trainers and boots
A place where people buy shoes
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Morphology
The meaning 'a shop that sells shoes' is directly and transparently composed from 'shoe' (footwear) modifying 'store' (shop), following a common English noun-noun compound pattern. This construction is cross-linguistically common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Shoe store is made from the two simple words shoe and store. Imagine a shop full of shoes where people try them on, and that's why it means 'a shop that sells shoes'.