'Department store' definitions:
Definition of 'department store'
(from WordNet)
noun
A large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain [syn: department store, emporium]
Definition of 'Department store'
From: GCIDE
- Department store \De*part"ment store\ A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Synonyms of 'department store'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- boutique,
- chain store,
- co-op,
- concession,
- cooperative,
- countinghouse,
- country store,
- dime store,
- discount house,
- discount store,
- emporium,
- establishment,
- five-and-ten,
- general store,
- house,
- magasin,
- mail-order house,
- market,
- mart,
- post,
- retail store,
- salon,
- shop,
- store,
- supermarket,
- trading post,
- variety shop,
- variety store,
- warehouse,
- wareroom,
- wholesale house