groceries
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groceries — [plural] ► the food that you buy in a store: »More people are buying their groceries online. Main Entry: ↑grocery … Financial and business terms
groceries — noun a) The commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery. <! is this really pluralia tantum? She carried a sack of groceries in from the car and set it on the kitchen table. b) Multiple retailers of groceries. There were two competing… … Wiktionary
Groceries — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
groceries — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. food, edibles, produce, comestibles, foodstuffs, perishables, vegetables, viands, staples, green groceries, produce, fruits, dairy products, processed foods, frozen foods, freeze dried foods, dried foods, desiccated foods,… … English dictionary for students
groceries — n pl See blow one s cookies/ doughnuts/groceries/lunch/grits … Contemporary slang
groceries — Synonyms and related words: baked goods, canned foods, canned goods, commissariat, commissary, dehydrated foods, food items, food supply, fresh foods, frozen foods, green goods, grocery, larder, packaged goods, produce, provender, provisions,… … Moby Thesaurus
groceries — gro|cer|ies [ grous(ə)riz ] noun plural food and other goods for the home that you buy regularly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
groceries — n. foods and other goods sold at a grocery gro·cer·y || grəʊsÉ™rɪ n. grocery store, store which sells food and other household goods; goods sold at a grocery … English contemporary dictionary
groceries — items of food sold in a grocer s shop or supermarket. → grocery … English new terms dictionary
groceries — n. pl. Grocers commodities. See grocery … New dictionary of synonyms
