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REPAIR SHOP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does repair shop mean?
• REPAIR SHOP (noun)
The noun REPAIR SHOP has 1 sense:
1. a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance
Familiarity information: REPAIR SHOP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shop specializing in repairs and maintenance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fix-it shop; repair shop
Hypernyms ("repair shop" is a kind of...):
shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repair shop"):
garage; service department (a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired)
Context examples
You might have made trips to the repair shop—things show wear and tear at these times.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
His sister Marian had been keeping company with an industrious young mechanic, of German extraction, who, after thoroughly learning the trade, had set up for himself in a bicycle-repair shop.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
You could find you are toting items to the repair shop much more frequently and also returning purchases that are not the right model or size.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Hermann von Schmidt chuckled in his little repair shop and decided to order a new lathe.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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