delicatessen
noun
a store selling foods already prepared or requiring little preparation for serving, as cooked meats, cheese, salads, and the like.
delicatessens
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pluralof delicatessen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They’ve recently embraced a unique kind of street style — one that’s emblazoned with logos of famous delicatessens and their most popular offerings, like knishes, pastrami, pickles and bagels.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
Learn how to roll with the best in an afternoon lesson from the sfogline of La Salumeria, one of the city’s best delicatessens.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 17, 2023
Matzo ball soup, chopped liver, kugel, salami and pickled herring — it’s all on display at “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” an exhibition in Los Angeles exploring Jewish delicatessens.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2022
Jobs will also go in the supermarkets with the closure of its delicatessens and fresh fish and meat counters.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2020
Like all Jewish delicatessens, this shop contains everything that any patron is willing to buy, and in addition, elaborates the coffee-house idea into any shape that circumstances may suggest.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur Elmore Bostwick
