supermarket
[soo-per-mahr-kit]
- a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
- any business or company offering an unusually wide range of goods or services: a financial supermarket that sells stocks, bonds, insurance, and real estate.
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Origin of supermarket
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Examples from the Web for supermarket
Contemporary Examples
When Chérif got out of prison, he worked at the fish counter of a supermarket.
Notoriously, Atlantic City did not get its first supermarket until 1996.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj MahalOlivia Nuzzi
December 8, 2014
He was captivated by footage of her escape through the hazy entryway of the supermarket, which was obscured by pepper spray.
Soon, you could find products containing palm oil on every supermarket shelf in the country.
Many snack bars on supermarket shelves, gluten-free or not, are loaded with the sweet stuff.
Historical Examples
The Supermarket took all we had—except a dozen—and at a dollar fifty each.
Junior AchievementWilliam Lee
We began to find better bargains elsewhere, in the supermarket.
The Great Gray PlagueRaymond F. Jones
They turned into the supermarket and mingled with the shoppers.
Smugglers' ReefJohn Blaine
She pressed through the crowds entering and leaving the supermarket.
The Amazing Mrs. MimmsDavid C. Knight
A gasoline station and a weed-grown lot would shortly be replaced by a supermarket.
Time and Time AgainHenry Beam Piper
supermarket
- a large self-service store retailing food and household supplies
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Word Origin and History for supermarket
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