Meaning & use
vape shop
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Meaning
nouncountable
A store that sells electronic cigarettes, the liquids used in them, and related accessories.
Grammar: Countable, so it takes a/an and a plural: a vape shop, two vape shops.
Patterns
- open a vape shop
- go to the vape shop
- a vape shop on the high street
He bought his first e-cigarette at a small vape shop near the station.
The city now has more vape shops than bakeries.
She stopped at a vape shop to pick up some liquid on her way home.
Word forms
| plural | vape shops |
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Common combinations
- a local vape shop
- A local vape shop donated prizes for the charity raffle.
- run a vape shop
- They run a vape shop together in the old market building.
- online vape shop
- He orders his cartridges from an online vape shop.
- vape shop owner
- The vape shop owner said sales had doubled in a year.
- stop by a vape shop
- I'll stop by a vape shop and see if they have that flavor.
Synonyms and how they differ
- vape store
- Almost the same meaning, but 'vape store' sounds slightly more neutral and is common in American English.
Word family
- vape verb
- To breathe in and out vapor from an electronic cigarette.
- vaper noun
- A person who uses an electronic cigarette.
- vaping noun
- The activity or habit of using electronic cigarettes.
Commonly confused: vape shop or smoke shop?
vape shop vs smoke shop
A smoke shop sells tobacco, pipes and rolling papers; a vape shop focuses on electronic cigarettes and their liquids, though some shops sell both.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'vape shop' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Vape shop' is a countable noun, so it works as the subject of a sentence, as in option 2. Options 1 and 3 wrongly use it as a verb, and option 4 wrongly uses it as an adjective after 'very'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “vape shop”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.