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shoproom

shoproom noun: room (available space) in a workshop.

shoproom: room (available space) in a workshop
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Noun

shoproom (uncountable)

  1. (dated, uncommon) Room (available space) in a workshop.
    • Near-synonym: workspace
    • FRANKFORD ARSENAL. The estimates submitted last year for the transfer of the cartridge plant at this arsenal to the now vacant rolling-mill building are again renewed. The following remarks from the last annual report are quoted as showing the necessity for this: [blockquote:] The development of...1895, United States Army Ordnance Department, Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of War for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1894, United States Government Printing Office, page 11
    Synonyms:
    workspace

Synonyms of shoproom

Origin of shoproom

From shop + room.

Questions about shoproom

What does shoproom mean?
Shoproom means room (available space) in a workshop.
What part of speech is shoproom?
Shoproom is a noun.

Words near shoproom in the dictionary

  1. shoppish
  2. shoppishness
  3. shoppy
  4. shoppy shop
  5. shoppy shops
  6. shoproom
  7. shops
  8. shops around
  9. shopsful
  10. shopska salad
  11. shopsoiled

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