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grocery

/ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/

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What does grocery mean?

noun

  1. Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
  2. A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

verb

  1. To go grocery shopping.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. To furnish with groceries.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃ(ə.)ɹi/
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She had neglected to congratulate Charley upon having been promoted from the grocery department of Commings’s store to the drygoods department.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
It was not less tragic because it was so sordid, because it had to do with wages and grocery bills and rents.
Upton SinclairThe JungleProject Gutenberg ebook #140
More book examples (3)
Prize-taker and Gibraltar are mostly used for this purpose, growing to the size of the large Spanish onions sold at grocery stores.
F. F. (Frederick Frye) RockwellHome Vegetable Gardening A Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home UseProject Gutenberg ebook #7123
The old grocery keeper was good enough to say that I was no fool, if I did go off owing him four dollars.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
We are not obliged to identify our own acts according to a strict classification, any more than the materials of our grocery and clothes.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145