Grocery

Word GROCERY
Character 7
Hyphenation gro cer y
Pronunciations /ˈɡɹəʊs(ə)ɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Grocery"

What do we mean by grocery?

A store selling foodstuffs and various household supplies. noun

Commodities sold by a grocer. noun

The selling of or dealing in goods at wholesale; wholesale traffic. noun

Goods sold at wholesale, collectively. noun

General supplies for the table and for household use, as flour, sugar, spices, coffee, etc.; the commodities sold by grocers: now always in the plural. noun

A grocer's shop. noun

A drinkingshop. noun

Small money; halfpence and farthings. noun

The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense. noun

A retail grocer's shop or store. noun

Usually groceries; retail foodstuffs and other household supplies. noun

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

A marketplace where groceries are sold noun

(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer noun

(usually groceries) retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Grocery

The word "grocery" in example sentences

SAN FRANCISCO mdash; San Francisco has a long history of bold public health and environmental stances, going after everything from plastic bags in grocery stores ... ❋ AP (2010)

Conservatives pointed to his habit of meeting with constituents in grocery stores as "one indicator of just how far the Democratic Party has fallen." ❋ Neil Steinberg (2010)

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco has a long history of bold public health and environmental stances, going after everything from plastic bags in grocery stores to cigarettes to sugary drinks. ❋ AP (2010)

Bestsellers in grocery stores and airports and everything else online? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The challenge comes because these magazines, with their demeaning cover images, are virtually the only material sold in grocery lines and drug stores. ❋ Valerie Tarico (2010)

Mainstay varieties make up as much as 90% of apples sold in grocery stores, says Gary Nabhan, professor at the University of Arizona who founded Renewing America's Food Traditions, an organization of nonprofits that aims to restore endangered crop species. ❋ Anne Marie Chaker (2010)

Very little of our meat in grocery stores is cut there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

More recently Sara Lee has felt pressure from heavy price competition in grocery stores. ❋ Anupreeta Das (2010)

Oenophiles, on the other hand, likely are torn between cursing newly-proposed taxes on wine and cheering a plan that would allow the sale of wine in grocery stores, a convenience available in many other states that New Yorkers have long coveted. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You would be hard pressed to find these foods in American grocery stores, because it's food we would never feed our own children. ❋ Tido Von Schoen-Angerer (2010)

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