supermarket

[soo-per-mahr-kit]

noun

1. a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.

2. any business or company offering an unusually wide range of goods or services.

   a financial supermarket that sells stocks, bonds, insurance, and real estate.

supermarket

/ ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkɪt /

noun

1. a large self-service store retailing food and household supplies

Word History and Origins

Origin of supermarket¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; super- + market

Example Sentences

“When I saw the news, I cried, hugged my children and prayed,” said Mari Carmen Bermúdez, 34, a supermarket cashier in Caracas.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

The rise, over the past century, of industrialized supermarket fare and national fast-food chains has erased many of these local food customs.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

The old wine, which was distributed by a local alcohol manufacturer, was widely sold in liquor shops, hotels, bars and supermarkets.

Read more on BBC

The possibility of a Mamdani win worries business leaders such as Ackman, who don’t want to see some of his campaign promises—including rent freezes and city-run supermarkets—come to fruition.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

These include the shrimp farms of southern India, which export much of the frozen shrimp that ends up in U.S. supermarkets.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• boutique 
• chain store 
• convenience store 
• deli 
• department store 
• discount store 
• drugstore 
• emporium 
• grocery store www.thesaurus.com
• market 
• outlet 
• shop 
• shopping center 
• showroom