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grocery

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gro·cer·y  (grs-r)
n. pl. gro·cer·ies
1. A store selling foodstuffs and various household supplies.
2. groceries Commodities sold by a grocer.

grocery [ˈgrəʊsərɪ]
n pl -ceries
(Business / Commerce) the business or premises of a grocer
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.grocerygrocery - a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market"
greengrocery - a greengrocer's grocery store
market place, mart, marketplace, market - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
supermarket - a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods
2.grocerygrocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
consumer goods - goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption
greengrocery - groceries sold by a greengrocer
packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Translations
grocery [ˈgrəʊsərɪ] N (US) (also grocery store) → tienda f de comestibles, tienda de abarrotes(Andes, Mex, CAm), almacén m (S. Cone), bodega f (Andes, Carib, CAm)
grocery [ˈgrəʊsəri] n (= shop) → épicerie f grocery store
grocery store n (US)supermarché m
grocery
n
(= business, shop)Lebensmittelgeschäft nt
groceries pl (= goods)Lebensmittel pl
grocery [ˈgrəʊsrɪ] n (shop) → negozio di (generi) alimentari
grocery [ˈgrəʊsrɪ] n (shop) → negozio di (generi) alimentari


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She did not linger to discuss class distinctions with Madame Pouponne, but hastened to a neighboring grocery store, feeling sure that Mademoiselle would have left her address with the proprietor.
I don't know that I should have gone even then, if I had not happened to hear my old mother talk about setting me up on my own hook in the grocery way.
We have nothing to do with David until we find him, at the age of twenty, on the high road from his native place to the city of Boston, where his uncle, a small dealer in the grocery line, was to take him behind the counter.
 
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