shop front
noun
1
: the front side of a store
customers entering the shop front
2
: a room or group of rooms in the front part of a store building
He rented a shop front on Main Street.
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Pictured were a yellow shop front, a yellow bus stop sign outside the club’s Elland Road stadium and a plain yellow billboard.
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Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
The stunning shop front on Rue Saint-Honoré displays vintage pieces from major houses including Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
In December, on Grafton Street, a bustling Dublin shopping street, a middle-aged woman pushed a cart filled with her belongings, a sleeping bag and tent folded on top, past a shop front filled with glittering Christmas displays.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
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Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
The stunning shop front on Rue Saint-Honoré displays vintage pieces from major houses including Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
In December, on Grafton Street, a bustling Dublin shopping street, a middle-aged woman pushed a cart filled with her belongings, a sleeping bag and tent folded on top, past a shop front filled with glittering Christmas displays.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
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“Shop front.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shop%20front. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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