grocery

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UK /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ US /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/

noun 2verb 2

Collocations

ADJ.

last

I need to pick up milk on my last grocery run before the holiday.

VERB + GROCERY

am, called, employed, go, going, running, runs, went

I'm going to the grocery store after work to pick up milk and bread.

GROCERY + NOUN

bar-room, bill, country, i'd, morning, products, saturday, wages

I need to pick up the grocery bill before heading home this morning.

PREP.

around, in, in, into, on, on, out

I stopped into the grocery store on my way home from work yesterday.

ADV.

anyway, somewhere

I need to go to the grocery store anyway, so I'll pick up milk for you.

Definitions

noun

Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.

1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the grocery trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition...

A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

1854: Henry David Thoreau, Walden I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery, the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank...

verb

To go grocery shopping.

We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start.

The thought of grocerying so casually at Seessel's evokes a giggle from Shirley

To furnish with groceries.

Fifty-eight years of grocerying hotels, restaurants and institutions that feed many people

What freedom to be iced, fueled, and groceried for two weeks and running toward a reef you truly love

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

foodstuff

noun — a marketplace where groceries are sold

market

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

is there a grocery store nearby

Indicates that the speaker wants to know whether a grocery store is nearby.

I'm looking for a grocery store

Indicates that the speaker is looking for a grocery store.

Example Bank

1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the grocery trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition...

Wiktionary

1854: Henry David Thoreau, Walden I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery, the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank...

Wiktionary

We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start.

Wiktionary

The thought of grocerying so casually at Seessel's evokes a giggle from Shirley

Wiktionary

I was dependent upon others for grocerying and getting to doctor appointments.

Wiktionary

Please tell us where there is a grocery store.

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