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store-bought

store-bought

26 2.3
People buy it in a shop or store instead of making it at home
  • adjective
  • /ˈstɔrˌbɔt/
translation icon : comprado en la tienda
  • For the party, we ordered store-bought snacks to save time in the kitchen.
  • store-bought food
  • store-bought goods

I've grown this for two years now and it started out as a store bought garlic.

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Examples

  • My clothes were not coming clean, so I have gone back to buying store-bought detergent.

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  • Ah, store-bought or not, they're still cookies.

  • None of that store-bought stuff.

  • So, this is what I merit now, a store-bought birthday cake?

  • Are these store-bought donut holes, Amy?

  • So I'm popping that one on top and then I'm going to cover the entire cake with the store bought frosting.

  • But if you've only ever eaten store-bought pears, you may wonder what all the fuss is about.

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  • "No firecrackers, no fanfare—just a store-bought birthday cake with a dozen tiny candles."

    Fiction book (2001)
  • She decided to buy a store-bought cake instead of baking one from scratch.

  • Many people prefer store-bought items for convenience rather than making everything at home.

Synonyms

boughten
vsstore-bought
  • Archaic
9.9

Sold in shops rather than made at home

is the standard modern term used for goods bought from shops

How Homemade

home-baked
2 1.3
store-bought
26 2.3
factory-made
1 3.1

Surface Forms

store-bought positive

Morphology

store-bought = store + buy (transparent) = store + bought

The adjective is a straightforward compound of 'store' + 'bought' meaning 'bought at a store', which an average learner can derive.

Etymology

The word store-bought combines store ('shop') and bought ('purchased'), so it names something you bought at a shop rather than made at home.