SOUVENIR


Meaning of SOUVENIR in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

hunter

Local militia had to protect it against enthusiastic souvenir hunters .

Edgewater and Oak Hill have ordinances to protect possible archaeological sites from souvenir hunters .

Police even stopped one souvenir hunter cycling off with the ship's compass tucked under his arm.

However, the only unauthorised visitors appear to have been souvenir hunters and men foraging among the stores.

shop

The first objective is the provision of a new souvenir shop , refreshment room and booking office.

The streets around the Plaza are filled with boutiques, galleries, restaurants and souvenir shops .

For those last minute Mickey Mouse presents for home there is also a mini-market and souvenir shop .

Gift and Book Shop A packed souvenir shop full of interesting and unusual gifts and informative and entertaining books.

The extension would provide space for offices, cloakrooms, a souvenir shop and bookshop, the library and temporary exhibitions.

I found myself in a smart town square surrounded by glittering bars, hotels and souvenir shops .

There is also a shire horse souvenir shop .

It follows the opening to the public of Buckingham Palace and massive sales at a new souvenir shop .

■ VERB

buy

Postage stamps from the famed, tiny republic of San Marino are very often bought as souvenirs or gifts.

Give up trying to buy souvenir shirt.

She decided to be touristy and go and buy souvenirs .

People who buy several souvenir buttons tell which candidate they are supporting.

After buying our souvenirs we had lunch and visited the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood.

But her enthusiasm was swiftly dampened by a visit to a curio shop, where she bought several overpriced souvenirs .

Unlike most of the Athenians, they want to eat out in tavernas; they hire mopeds; they buy souvenirs .

You can even buy a souvenir local palm tree from the Torbay Palm Farm at in Torquay.

sell

One of the largest shops of the Diamond was Magee's, the tweed shop, which sold expensive clothes and souvenirs .

Both sides of the narrow highway are lined with family outlets selling souvenirs in bulk quantities.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

souvenir/autograph/bargain etc hunter

And even if the signature is original it would only be of value to an autograph hunter not an art collector.

During a recent visit he was mobbed by autograph hunters .

Edgewater and Oak Hill have ordinances to protect possible archaeological sites from souvenir hunters .

For the bargain hunter , plenty.

Local militia had to protect it against enthusiastic souvenir hunters .

Police even stopped one souvenir hunter cycling off with the ship's compass tucked under his arm.

Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.

Tokyo broke a three-day losing streak as the bargain hunters picked up blue chips and tech stocks, writes Ken Hijino.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

souvenir T-shirts

a souvenir shop

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Beautiful gifts and educational souvenirs in our Butterfly Boutique.

I feared souvenir stands selling bumper stickers and Austen joke books.

Nor were the crowd to be denied, for they tore the black baize cloth to shreds in their scramble for souvenirs.

Now the woman is hoping to raise over £100,000 by selling souvenirs of her friendship.

On the third night, he took a wine cup as a souvenir .

People who buy several souvenir buttons tell which candidate they are supporting.

This when nifty postcards of the planet are available at every convenience store, tourism agency and souvenir shop.

Tourist souvenirs like furs, ivory, animal skins, coral necklaces and shells can devastate wildlife.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.