grocery, foodstuff
(noun) (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grocery (plural groceries)
(usually groceries) retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
When referring to goods, the singular form is primarily used attributively, as in a grocery bill, a grocery list, etc. The plural form, groceries, is much more frequently used to refer to actual goods, especially in the US.
• (retail foodstuffs and household supplies): commodities, general goods, groceries, packaged goods
• (store that sells groceries): general store, grocery store, market, supermarket
grocery (third-person singular simple present groceries, present participle grocerying, simple past and past participle groceried)
(intransitive) To go grocery shopping.
(transitive) To furnish with groceries.
Source: Wiktionary
Gro"cer*y, n.; pl. Groceries. Etym: [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.];
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
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