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stationery seller

stationery seller

2.7
A shop or person who sells writing and office supplies like pens and notebooks
  • noun
  • /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri ˈsɛlər/
translation icon : papelería
  • The stationery seller on Main Street offers a wide selection of notebooks and pens.

Examples

  • We stopped by the local stationery seller to pick up envelopes for the invitations.

  • Many students rely on a nearby stationery seller for their school supplies at the start of term.

  • The stationery seller opened a new shop downtown.

  • I visited a local stationery seller yesterday.

  • Many students rely on a nearby stationery seller for their school supplies at the start of term.

  • The stationery seller on Main Street offers a wide selection of notebooks and pens.

  • We stopped by the local stationery seller to pick up envelopes for the invitations.

Synonyms

stationer
vsstationery seller
2 3.5

A person or shop that sells paper, pens, and office supplies

uses a descriptive two-word phrase instead of the single noun

How Big

wholesaler
22 3.5
chain store
8 2.4
stationery seller
2.7
stall
38 1.0

Surface Forms

stationery seller singular
stationery sellers plural

Morphology

stationery + seller

The compound 'stationery seller' is directly compositional: a seller (person or business that sells) of stationery (writing materials), so its meaning is transparently derived from the constituent words. This noun–noun construction follows a common and cross-linguistically frequent pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

Stationery seller comes from the simple image of a person at a fixed stall selling paper and pens. Imagine a small shop full of notebooks, envelopes and pens: stationery is the paper and writing things, and seller is the person who sells them. So the phrase means 'a person or business that sells writing materials and office supplies'.