grocery

UK /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ US /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/
noun 2verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

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...

2

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

1

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

2

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

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