deli

[ del-ee ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural del·is [del, -eez].

1. a delicatessen.
2. food typically sold at a delicatessen, as cold cuts, salads, and pickles.

deli

/ ˈdɛlɪ /

noun

1. See delicatessen
   an informal word for delicatessen

Word History and Origins

Origin of deli¹

First recorded in 1950–55; by shortening

Example Sentences

Most chicken Hot Pockets feature little cubes of chicken, which Scherer said could be best recreated by very thick deli meat chicken, or chicken of the canned variety.

From Popular-Science

If you’re like me, you already have a collection of the pint- and quart-sized deli containers you get from takeout, which are great for storing and freezing sauces, soups and stocks.

From Washington Post

At that point, she and Affleck had been already spotted around Manhattan, shopping together at a deli and making out during dinner at Nobu.

From Washington Post

Instead, it’s phony data, derived from an algorithm aimed at masking deli fraud.

From Washington Post

While cutting deli meat into fanciful shapes is an image pulled straight from nightmares, I very quickly got behind the idea of baking bread shaped like scalloped towers.

From Eater

I finally come across the only thing open tonight at the Taj: a deli called GO, the sort of place you might find in Penn Station.

From The Daily Beast

Then just 8-years-old he saw writing on a deli Billboard that was in Hebrew.

From The Daily Beast

We will become doctors, deli owners, teachers, parents, and maybe even one day, President of the United States.

From The Daily Beast

Just yesterday I claimed a local deli, a small poodle and a Bed, Bath and Beyond.

From The Daily Beast

Buying “fake pot,” then, is about as easy as picking up a coffee at the corner deli.

From The Daily Beast

Thenceforward, if not fully a man, he is at least a mad-cap or deli-kan.

From Project Gutenberg

He presently reported himself from Deli, where he was learning the business of a "nutmace" planter.

From Project Gutenberg

Our section from Deli Abbas was moved up to take the place of the one that had been engaged, which now returned to Baghdad.

From Project Gutenberg

They varied but slightly; the one I went on the day after reaching Deli Abbas might serve as model.

From Project Gutenberg

When I was at Deli Abbas ghastly bands of ragged skeletons would come through to us begging food and work.

From Project Gutenberg

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