GROCERY

grocery, foodstuff

(noun) (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

grocery (plural groceries)

(usually groceries) retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.

A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

• (retail foodstuffs and household supplies): commodities, general goods, groceries, packaged goods

• (store that sells groceries): general store, grocery store, market, supermarket

Verb

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



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