gift shop

noun

: a store (such as a small store in a museum) that sells things which might be given people as gifts

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The hospital has also doubled up many of its single-occupancy hospital rooms, converted its gift shop to a procedure room and resorted to treating patients in what were once meditation and waiting rooms. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 For $89, guests get transport, Buffalo Trace's Distilled Tour & Tasting, and gift shop access. — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026 No museum would be complete without a gift shop, and this one is a doozy. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026 Some people appeared to take shelter in the gift shop of the Space Needle at the Seattle Center, video shared with CNN showed. — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for gift shop

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“Gift shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20shop. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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