record shop

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

record shop (plural record shops)

1. A shop selling music (CDs, vinyl, cassettes etc.)

   Synonym: record store

   • 1992, “Brian Wilson”, performed by Barenaked Ladies:

     Drove downtown in the rain / Nine-thirty on a Tuesday night / Just to check out the late-night record shop

   • 2026 October 22, Dan Hancox, “Everyone hates Oxford Street. Will pedestrianisation save it?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In the 1990s, when Oxford Street was known for its huge record shops such as HMV and Virgin Megastore, I remember returning to my south London home on the tube, blowing my nose and seeing a tissue full of jet-black snot.

Translations

a shop selling music

• German: Plattenladen (de) m, Plattengeschäft (de) n
• Hungarian: hanglemezbolt (hu), lemezbolt (hu)
• Polish: sklep muzyczny m

See also

• music shop