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grocery

/ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/noun3 syllables

Grocery means: a marketplace where groceries are sold.

Synonyms for grocery4

noun, as in a marketplace where groceries are sold

grocery store, food market, market

noun, as in (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

foodstuff

What does grocery mean?2

noun

1

a marketplace where groceries are sold“the grocery store included a meat market”

2

(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Grocery in a sentence

  • After a week of panic buying, the city's grocery stores have mostly bare shelves.Hybrid
  • To begin with, the funds are not sufficient for running a grocery.Catriona
  • To begin with, the funds are not sufficient for running a grocery store.carlosalberto
  • Since you're going to the grocery store anyway, please buy some eggs.VirtuOZ
  • When you go to the grocery store, pick up some cottage cheese, please.orcrist
  • My grandmother, before she passed away, always asked for figs from the grocery store.Eccles17
  • This shop sells butter, cheese, sugar and various groceries.ksjdragon
  • Janos was at the store, picking up groceries for dinner.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of grocery

as a noun

plural
groceries