boutique

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bou·tique1 /buːˈtiːk/ ●●○ noun [countable]  BBTa small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects 时装店；精品店

Examples from the Corpus

boutique• Claire operated a boutique, an expensive little shop near the downtown section.• Running parallel to Princes Street, this narrow thoroughfare is a convivial haunt full of pubs of character, boutiques and restaurants.• Elegant boutiques are best established in cities such as Genoa.• Groceries, boutiques and restaurants have a great time whenever the outsiders come back to their vacation houses.• The pier will bring more tourists, who will browse the boutiques and souvenir stores before boarding their ship at night.• He stood outside the boutique, peered in and saw her in a big black coat talking with the cashier.• At first glance, Saks Jandel has the markings of a New York boutique.boutique2 adjective American English  nspecial, good in quality, and expensive, or producing things that are special, good in quality, and expensive a boutique wineryFrom Longman Business Dictionaryboutiquebou‧tique /buːˈtiːk/ noun [countable]1a small, specialized shop selling fashionable goodsboutiques such as Cartier and Christian Dior2FINANCE a small, specialized financial services organizationIndependent Strategy, a new investment research boutiqueOrigin boutique (1700-1800) French Latin apotheca; → APOTHECARY

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boutique
bou‧tique /buːˈtiːk/ noun [countable]a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ shop especially British English, store especially American English a building or place where things are sold: She's gone to the shops to get some milk. | a clothes shop | Our local store has sold out of sugar for making jam.
   ▪ boutique a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects: a little boutique which specializes in bath products.
   ▪ superstore British English a very large shop, especially one that is built outside the centre of a city: Out -of-town superstores have taken business away from shops in the city centre.
   ▪ department store a very large shop that is divided into several big parts, each of which sells one type of thing, such as clothes, furniture, or kitchen equipment: He went around all the big department stores in Oxford Street.
   ▪ supermarket (also grocery store American English) a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes: Supermarkets have cut down the number of plastic bags they distribute by 50%.
   ▪ salon a shop where you can get your hair washed, cut curled etc
   ▪ garden centre British English, nursery especially American English a place that sells a wide range of plants, seeds, and things for your garden: Your local garden centre can advise you on which plants to grow.
   ▪ outlet formal a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular type: The book is available from most retail outlets.
   ▪ market an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things: I usually buy our vegetables at the market – they're much cheaper there.
   ▪ mall especially American English a large area where there are a lot of shops, especially a large building: A new restaurant has opened at the mall. | We used to hang around together at the mall.
   ▪ strip mall American English a row of shops built together, with a large area for parking cars in front of it: Strip malls can seem rather impersonal.