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pl. gro·cer·ies
A store selling foodstuffs and various household supplies.
groceries Commodities sold by a grocer.
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Share This grocery noun 1. a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" [syn: grocery store ] 2. (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
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Gro"cer*y\, n.; pl.
Groceries . [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.]
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