corner shop
corner shop noun: a small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of everyday items and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.
Noun
corner shop (plural corner shops)
- A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of everyday items and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.
- After six such encounters in tiny corner shops which normally complained that they were out of sugar, that the cornflakes were late in again and that they couldn't get tomato sauce for love nor money, the Captain, his head reeling, had staggered into the High Street off-licence.1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope, page 123
- Synonyms:
- minimart, newsagent, convenience store, c-store, 7-Eleven, corner store, variety store, dépanneur, milk bar, dairy
Synonyms of corner shop
- minimart
- newsagent
- convenience store
- c-store
- 7-Eleven
- corner store
- variety store
- dépanneur
- milk bar
- dairy
2 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of corner shop
| plural | corner shops |
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Origin of corner shop
Such shops were traditionally built on street corners at the end of rows of terraced houses.
Questions about corner shop
- What does corner shop mean?
- Corner shop means a small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of everyday items and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.
- What part of speech is corner shop?
- Corner shop is a noun.
- What is the plural of corner shop?
- The plural of corner shop is corner shops.
Words near corner shop in the dictionary
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