Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A store selling foodstuffs and various household supplies.
- noun Commodities sold by a grocer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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 United States A retail grocer's shop or store.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Usually
groceries ;retail foodstuffs and otherhousehold supplies . - noun A
shop orstore thatsells groceries ; agrocery store .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a marketplace where groceries are sold
- noun (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
Happy Meal Toy Ban Under Consideration In San Francisco AP 2010
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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.
Happy Meal Toy Ban Under Consideration In San Francisco AP 2010
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Conservatives pointed to his habit of meeting with constituents in grocery stores as "one indicator of just how far the Democratic Party has fallen."
Chicago, get ready for Rahm Emanuel's charm offensive Neil Steinberg 2010
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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.
Before the Mac, Vintage Apples Anne Marie Chaker 2010
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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: Worshipping the Written Word Valerie Tarico 2010
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Very little of our meat in grocery stores is cut there.
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Bestsellers in grocery stores and airports and everything else online?
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More recently Sara Lee has felt pressure from heavy price competition in grocery stores.
KKR Makes Overture to Sara Lee Anupreeta Das 2010
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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.
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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: It's Time to End the Double-Standard of Food Aid Tido von Schoen-Angerer 2010
pterodactyl commented on the word grocery
See this map for American pronunciation.
April 11, 2008
rolig commented on the word grocery
This is astonishing. I was born and grew up in Baltimore, where I lived for some 30-odd years, and I never noticed that anyone said "groshery".
December 21, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word grocery
A friend of mine who grew up in southern NJ says "gross-er-ee." In Nebraska, I say "grosh-ree."
December 21, 2011
yarb commented on the word grocery
I share rolig's astonishment; I've never once noticed the "sh" pronunciation. If it's so widespread you'd think I'd have heard it on TV, if not on the street.
December 21, 2011
yarb commented on the word grocery
Having said that, I almost never watch TV. Or, for that matter, spend time "on the street".
December 22, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word grocery
I say: I walked to the grosh-ree store to buy some grosh-reez.
December 22, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word grocery
Thank you, frog. Saying it the other way is just gross.
December 22, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word grocery
Get it? Gross?
*sigh*
December 22, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word grocery
Haha!!!
December 23, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word grocery
*grins*
December 23, 2011