shop sign

Business name display

A shop sign is a display mounted on or near a business establishment identifying the shop and often its trade.

Traditionally these included painted boards, hanging signs, or carved symbols—a striped pole for barbers, a mortar and pestle for apothecaries.

Modern shop signs range from simple lettering to elaborate neon or digital displays: The old shop sign creaked in the wind.

Related

hand painted · billboard · marquee · facade · window · display · open for business · hanging · painted · gold leaf · vintage · ye olde · business · mom and pop · entrance · doorway · brass · wooden

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Opposites
visibility/display purpose

shop signwindow display

Merchandise arranged behind glass

internal memo · merchandise display

public vs. private communication

shop signprivate correspondence

Confidential written communication

hidden message · sealed letter · classified information

commercial vs. non-commercial signage

shop signstreet sign

Mounted roadway information display

traffic sign · church sign · memorial plaque · road sign · house number

Family

shop, sign, shops, shopped, shopping, shopper, shoppers, shopkeeper, workshop

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G