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emporium

emporium

22 6.0
A large shop that sells many different things in separate sections
  • noun
  • /ɪmˈpɔːriəm/
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  • Detroit's number one used car emporium, Martindale Motors, is here for you.

So I went out there and had a a holiday and then one of the guys said, oh, this is the guy who runs the emporium, right?

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Examples

  • It's like an electronics emporium.

  • This is the Christmas tree emporium of the entire Midwest.

  • You can also check out our online emporium where we carry all of our latest products.

    Blog text (22)
  • Mr. Summers runs the Emporium, the biggest store in town.

  • Another student reported, "That Math Emporium helped me a lot."

    Academic text (2004)
  • www.calabashmusic.com: An online world music emporium, this site partnered with National Geographic in 2006.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Participants felt that the Math Emporium staff facilitated learning by answering software questions and explaining difficult math assignments.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The Math Emporium is an off-campus math study center that offers computer-instructed math classes.

    Academic text (2004)
  • I manage a fern bar on Independence Boulevard near downtown called P.J. O'Mulligan's Goodtimes Emporium.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Mr. Summers runs the emporium, the biggest store in town.

Synonyms

store
vsemporium
1.0

A shop where people buy goods like food or clothes

is larger and usually arranged into departments with wider product range
department store
vsemporium
100 1.3

A large shop that sells many kinds of goods in separate sections like clothing and furniture

is broader highlighting large size and wide variety rather than departments
superstore
vsemporium
13 2.3

A very large shop that sells food, clothes, and things for the home

tends to be organized into departments and less focused on groceries
hypermarket
vsemporium
1 3.8

A very large store that sells many things like food and clothes, often outside town

is large and departmental but not mainly self service or outskirts
sales outlet
vsemporium
1 2.6

A shop or store that sells things to people

is larger and covers many departments rather than a single sales point
5.4

A shop that sells goods to people

is a large multi department retail site rather than a general business

How Big

shopping mall
  • US
62 1.0
emporium
22 6.0
store
1.0
shop
1.0
stall
38 1.0

Surface Forms

emporium singular
emporiums plural

Etymology

Emporium comes from the old Greek word emporion, meaning 'trading place', and from emporos, meaning 'merchant' or 'traveller' who brings goods. So an emporium is a large shop or market where many different goods are sold.