Meaning of GROCERY
| Pronunciation: | | 'growsuree
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- [n] (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
- [n] a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market"
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| | Synonyms: | | food market, foodstuff, grocery store, market |
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| | See Also: | | consumer goods, greengrocery, marketplace, mart, packaged good, shelf, supermarket | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gro"cer*y\, n.; pl. {Groceries}. [F. grosserie
wholesale. See {Grocer}.]
1. The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices,
etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural
form, in this sense.
A deal box . . . to carry groceries in. --Goldsmith.
The shops at which the best families of the
neighborhood bought grocery and millinery.
--Macaulay.
2. A retail grocer's shop or store. [U. S.]
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| | Related Terms: | | appetizing store, bakery, bakeshop, bodega, butcher shop, creamery, dairy, deli, delicatessen, food shop, food store, fruit stand, grocery store, groceteria, health food store, meat market, pork store, superette, supermarket, vegetable store |
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