'Grocery' definitions:
Definition of 'grocery'
From: WordNet
noun
A marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" [syn: grocery store, grocery, food market, market]
noun
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer [syn: grocery, foodstuff]
Definition of 'Grocery'
From: GCIDE
- Grocery \Gro"cer*y\, n.; pl. Groceries. [F. grosserie wholesale. See Grocer.]
- 1. The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense. [1913 Webster]
- A deal box . . . to carry groceries in. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- The shops at which the best families of the neighborhood bought grocery and millinery. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A retail grocer's shop or store. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'grocery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appetizing store,
- bakery,
- bakeshop,
- bodega,
- butcher shop,
- creamery,
- dairy,
- deli,
- delicatessen,
- food shop,
- food store,
- fruit stand,
- grocery store,
- groceteria,
- health food store,
- meat market,
- pork store,
- superette,
- supermarket,
- vegetable store