grocery

[ groh-suh-ree, groh-shree ]

noun

, plural gro·cer·ies.

1. Also called grocery store. a store that sells perishable and nonperishable food supplies and certain nonedible household items, such as soaps and paper products.
2. Usually groceries; especially British, grocery. food and other items sold at a grocery store or sold by a grocer.
3. the business of a grocer.
4. Southwestern U.S. (formerly)
   1. a saloon or bar.
   2. a liquor store.

grocery

/ ˈɡrəʊsərɪ /

noun

1. the business or premises of a grocer

Word History and Origins

Origin of grocery¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English grocerie; grocer + -ie -y ³( def )

Example Sentences

There have already been at least 100 grocery worker deaths and thousands of grocery workers infected or exposed to the virus.

From Voice of San Diego

They see people shouting in grocery stores, unwilling to wear a mask to keep us all safe.

From Fortune

For groceries, people want to know if they can buy online and pick up in-store.

From Search Engine Watch

A full month after falling ill, she attempted to go to grocery shopping and ended up in bed for days.

From MIT Technology Review

Thanks to the pandemic, the term “essential workers” now means everyone from health care personnel to transit operators to grocery store employees who must go to work despite shutdowns.

From Ozy

The police learned that Kemp worked in a grocery on Decatur Avenue.

From The Daily Beast

Here they are semi-touching at a grocery store; she likes kombucha.

From The Daily Beast

He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.

From The Daily Beast

The people you work with, or see at your grocery store, or your church?

From The Daily Beast

While grocery shopping a guy I had noticed following me earlier, walked by me really fast and said, ‘You look shorter in person.’

From The Daily Beast

Jess, whose heart was still sore from the blow she had received at Mr. Closewicks grocery, thought this was very kind of Griff.

From Project Gutenberg

Mothers money comes so very irregular that we have to run a bill at the grocery and the market and other places.

From Project Gutenberg

It was worse than being refused credit at Mr. Closewicks grocery store.

From Project Gutenberg

The establishment is really beautiful, having the appearance more of an apothecary store, than a Grocery House.

From Project Gutenberg

He throws out these materials and insists on his wife getting others at another grocery store.

From Project Gutenberg