paint shop

collocation in English

meaningsofpaintandshop

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paint
noun[C or U]
uk
/peɪnt/us
/peɪnt/
a coloured liquid that is put on a surface such as a wall to ...
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shop
noun[C]
uk
/ʃɒp/us
/ʃɑːp/
UK
a place where you can buy goods ...
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(Definition ofpaintandshopfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 2000 apaintshopand refurbishment bay was established.
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One tram and trailer survived from within the fire-proofpaintshop.
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Like most mental hospitals at that time, it was self-sufficient, and a barn, two garages, apaintshopand a greenhouse were also added.
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On the night of 1885, fire broke out in the oil andpaintshop, trapping the family upstairs.
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Paintshopallowed a survey of the data by aiming the pointer onto the border of beam profile and reading the coordinates of such points.
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The skids are moving bases that hold the car body as it travels around thepaintshop.
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The new robotic skid wash system was designed to take away the need to outsource the cleaning process and fit neatly and unobtrusively into thepaintshopcycle.
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Of these, four welders and two caulkers elected to take their discharge, and the remainder have reverted to thepaintshopas skilled labourers.
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Yesterday workers walked out because cats had turned thepaintshopinto a public lavatory.
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However, they pointed out that theirpaintshopwould not paint aluminium because it was based on an electrostatic technique.
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I can think of another instance, of an aircraft factory where the time office was over thepaintshop.
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In their yards they had theirpaintshop, the plumbers' shop, the shop for stonemasons, etc.
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About £30 million was spent on modernising the plant, with apaintshopand other equipment.
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Part of the reason given is that it would be more efficient if the assembly were alongside a body andpaintshop.
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Originally it was intended that thepaintshop, only recently constructed at a cost of about £25 million, should be dismantled.
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In a large industrial organisation the managing director does not expect to be informed of every fire in apaintshop, which is a comparable incident.
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They also have their own range of alloy wheels and apaintshop.
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