convenience store

American  

noun

convenience stores plural

1. a retail store that carries a limited selection of basic items, as packaged foods and drugstore items, and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.

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convenience store British  

noun

1. a shop that has long opening hours, caters to local tastes, and is conveniently situated

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• convenience stores
  plural

Etymology

Origin of convenience store

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

When Supergirl makes a pit stop at a celestial convenience store, she samples a snack that I’m forced to call poop-corn.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Hernandez, then 18 years old, worked in a convenience store near the bus stop.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

During his trial, Harwe told the court he had been working in a convenience store in Hexthorpe and lived nearby in an attic room with two others.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The third-largest convenience store chain in the U.S., with nearly 3,000 stores in the Midwest and South, also happens to be the country’s fifth-largest pizza chain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

I stop and look back, to make sure that the guy from the convenience store isn’t chasing us.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman