shop floor

See also: shopfloor

English

Alternative forms

• shopfloor

Noun

shop floor (plural shop floors)

1. The public area of a retail store, as distinct from rooms for staff such as offices.
2. The area of a factory or workshop where the operatives work, as distinct from the administrative areas.

Synonyms

• sales floor, floor

Derived terms

• shop-floor struggle

Translations

public area of a retail store

• Finnish: myymälätila

area of a factory

• Dutch: werkvloer (nl) m
• Finnish: tuotantotila
• French: atelier (fr) m, ouvriers (fr) m pl, production (fr) f
• Galician: taller (gl) m
• German: Produktionsstätte (de) f, Fabrikhalle (de) f
• Italian: officina (it) f
• Portuguese: chão de fábrica m
• Spanish: taller (es) m

See also

• coalface