country store

noun

1. a general store, especially in a rural or resort area.

Word History and Origins

Origin of country store¹

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Example Sentences

The road is lined with stone walls and cottages adorned with flags, painted rocks, wind chimes and gnomes — a mini Topanga Canyon anchored by Mary’s Market, a 103-year-old eclectic diner and country store.

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Dona Elliott, 59, owns this combination country store and saloon, built in 1929 of clapboard and shingles, uphill from the river and hard by a narrow woodland road.

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“We don’t eat in an old country store for woke burgers,” one commenter wrote.

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The Malibu Feed Bin — the country store where our family sold wildflower honey made from the dozens of beehives we tended in our backyard.

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"We don't eat in an old country store for woke burgers," one commenter wrote on Facebook regarding the announcement, while someone else added: "I just lost respect for a once great Tennessee company."

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Related Words

• convenience store 
• trading post