According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
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SHOP
denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
(verb) give away information about somebody; “He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam”
shop
(verb) do one’s shopping; “She goes shopping every Friday”
shop, browse
(verb) shop around; not necessarily buying; “I don’t need help, I’m just browsing”
patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor
(verb) do one’s shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
shopped
simple past tense and past participle of shop
Source: Wiktionary
SHOP
Shop, obs.
Definition: imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer.
Shop, n. Etym: [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.]
1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail. From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter. Cowper.
2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop. A tailor called me in his shop. Shak.
Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop- window, etc. To smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession.
– To talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. [Colloq.]
Syn.
– Store; warehouse. See Store.
Shop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Shopping.]
Definition: To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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