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Definitions for grocery
ˈgroʊ sə ri, ˈgroʊs rigro·ce·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. grocery store, grocery, food market, marketnoun

    a marketplace where groceries are sold

    "the grocery store included a meat market"

  2. grocery, foodstuffnoun

    (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

Wiktionary

  1. grocerynoun

    Usually groceries; retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.

  2. grocerynoun

    A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Grocerynoun

    Grocers ware, such as tea; sugar; raisins; spice.

    Etymology: from grocer.

    His troops, being now in a country where they were not expected, met with many cart-loads of wine, grocery, and tobacco. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

ChatGPT

  1. grocery

    A grocery refers to a store or shop where food and other household items are sold. It can also refer to the items themselves that are purchased from such a store. Groceries typically include products like fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meats, canned goods, toiletries, cleaning supplies and other consumables.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Grocerynoun

    the commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense

  2. Grocerynoun

    a retail grocer's shop or store

  3. Etymology: [F. grosserie wholesale. See Grocer.]

Etymology and Origins

  1. Grocery

    An Americanism for a grocer’s store or shop. Also used in the plural sense for commodities dealt in by a grocer; corresponding to our “groceries.”

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of grocery in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of grocery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of grocery in a Sentence

  1. Michelle Obama:

    Theyre looking around wondering if weve been lying to them this whole time, they see people shouting in grocery stores unwilling to wear a mask to keep us all safe; they see people callingthe police on folks minding their own business just because of the color of their skin...They see our leaders labeling fellow citizens enemy of the state, while emboldening torch-bearing white supremacists.

  2. Mike Coupe:

    First, as of today, there's no sign the grocery market is going to return to volume growth and that would be a tipping point, second, there's no sign that there will be food inflation coming through in the next period, so the market dynamics are going to be extremely squeezed.

  3. Keke Palmer:

    As rough as its been, there have been incredible moments of inspiration that have given my generation hope, weve seen heroes going above andbeyond, whether they drive a delivery truck, work at a grocery store, or serve on the front lines in a hospital. And with theBlack Lives Mattermovement, weve seen our generation step up, take to the streets, and make sure our voices will be heard. Enough is enough !

  4. Liz Weinandy:

    It is funny, when we see news clips of a shark swimming near a beach, it scares us into not going near that beach. However, what we should be scared of is double cheeseburgers, French fries and large amounts of sugary beverages, adults can go to the grocery store more and prep food to take on the go so we don't have to get in a situation where we need to rely on fast food so much.

  5. Noreen Willows:

    It is likely that food insecure individuals are not able to manage Reuters Health through optimal nutrition due to the cost of food and factors such as living in neighborhoods that lack grocery stores that sell fresh food.

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