"shop floor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shop floors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shop floor (plural shop floors)
  1. The public area of a retail store, as distinct from rooms for staff such as offices. Synonyms: sales floor, floor, shopfloor Derived forms: shop-floor struggle Related terms: coalface Translations (public area of a retail store): myymälätila (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shop_floor-en-noun-sj6Z-s7X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'public area of a retail store': 89 11
  2. The area of a factory or workshop where the operatives work, as distinct from the administrative areas. Translations (area of a factory): werkvloer [masculine] (Dutch), tuotantotila (Finnish), atelier [masculine] (French), ouvriers [masculine, plural] (French), production [feminine] (French), taller [masculine] (Galician), Produktionsstätte [feminine] (German), Fabrikhalle [feminine] (German), officina [feminine] (Italian), chão de fábrica [masculine] (Portuguese), taller [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shop_floor-en-noun-9RBVhy~y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'area of a factory': 27 73

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