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

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.

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

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During her first trip to a supermarket, she was unable to tear herself away from the bread aisle - and the sights and smells of so much plenty.

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France and the US have also seen deadly attacks in recent years: on a Jewish school in Toulouse in 2012, a Jewish supermarket in Paris in 2015, and a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2018.

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I had been to the supermarket and I had all these bags.

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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