1) a small shop selling articles (clothes, cosmetics, shoes, jewellery etc) of the latest fashion (boutique)

2) a small, usually round, object used for fastening articles of clothing, or sewn on as an ornament (button)

3) a person who buys articles on sale (buyer)

4) of the lower part of the back; timber (the usual word); useless or unwanted articles (lumber)

5) the layer of hard substance over the outer tip of a finger ('finger-nail') or toe ('toe-nail'); a piece of metal, pointed at one end and with flat head at the other, (to be) hammered into articles to hold them together etc; to get (a person's) attention (nail)

6) to satisfy the needs of (a person, situation etc); be convenient to or right for (a person, thing); a set of articles of outer clothing of the same material (jacket, waistcoat and trousers; lawsuit; any of the four sets of playing-cards (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs) (suit)

7) a complete set of matching articles of furniture; a set of rooms (e.g. in a hotel); an orchestral composition made up of three or more related parts (suite)

8) articles offered for sale (wares)

9) a sound as of a bullet going through the air, or of the sudden tearing of cloth; a device with two toothed metal or plastic edges fastened together by means of a sliding tab, used for fastening articles of clothing; to open or close a coat, bag etc using a zip (zip)