grocery store
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- noun
- /ˈɡroʊsəri stɔr/
- US
:
tienda de comestibles
- Every Saturday, I go to the grocery store to buy fresh fruits and vegetables.
- trip to the grocery store
- local grocery store
- small grocery store
When I go to the grocery store, prices are still high.
- When I go to the grocery store, prices are still high.
- It's not like a grocery store where you have just awful food.
- Even today, the biggest, the largest grocery store chain is called Ocean.
- Most of our grocery stores do as well.
- We had stopped at this really fun grocery store with Ellie.
- So they shut down a whole grocery store for days because of this spider.
- I have two little kids going just to the grocery store and coming back.
- So much of our food that's on the grocery store shelf these days is nutrient void.
- RC Cola, Shasta, maybe a generic grocery store brand cola.
- I want you to search grocery store, local butcher, plumber.
Examples
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We're in a grocery store.
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I guess I'll stop by the grocery store and grab a turkey or something.
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When I go to the grocery store, prices are still high.
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Then we actually went to the grocery store, picked up couple of things.
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So she points and it's a little grocery store a few store doors down.
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I ran into Robert at the grocery store.
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Grab some pizza from the grocery store and head home.
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It's been great when I need to go to the grocery store or the pharmacy.
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This is the most famous Amish grocery store in the area.
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I made a trip to the grocery store and bought a whole carton of eggs.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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A shop where people buy goods like food or clothes
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A place where people buy things and pay for services
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A place where people buy and sell food and other items
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A shop that sells food and household items
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A large store where you buy food and household items
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A small shop that sells snacks, drinks and basic groceries and is often open late
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A small shop that sells food, drinks and everyday items and is often open late
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A shop that sells goods in small amounts directly to people
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A very large shop that sells food, clothes, and things for the home
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A shop or market that sells food and groceries
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A very large store that sells food and many other things under one roof
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A shop that sells ready-to-eat meals and other food
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a shop where food and everyday items are sold' is directly compositional from 'grocery' (relating to food/household goods) + 'store' (a shop), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer the compound meaning. This noun–noun compounding is a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern and follows standard English vocabulary formation, making it immediately understandable at B1 level.
Etymology
The noun grocery store comes from the word grocery, which once meant small food items like sugar and spices, and store, a place that sells things. So a grocery store is a shop that sells 'food and everyday items'.