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Plural of shop

regular plural

The plural of shop is shops.

Forms of shop

Singularshop /ʃɒp/
Pluralshops /ʃɑps/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Shops in a sentence

  • Lots of shops in the town centre have closed because of the recession.From the entry close
  • I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.From the entry mill
  • All the little shops that used to be here are now gone.From the entry gone
  • There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops.From the entry leave
  • Lots of shops in the town centre have shut because of the recession.From the entry shut

Meaning of shop

  1. noun An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
  2. noun A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
  3. noun A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.

Full definition of shop

Questions about the plural of shop

What is the plural of shop?
The plural of shop is shops.
Is shop countable?
Shop is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shop (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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