Grocery Meaning
/ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounRetail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
nounA shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
Sentence Examples
Please tell us where there is a grocery store.
To begin with, the funds are not sufficient for running a grocery.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She visited the ____ store to buy milk and bread for dinner.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I need to stop at the ____ store on my way home to pick up some milk, eggs, and a loaf of fresh bread.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start."
— 1913, George Lee Burton, Tackling Matrimony: To the Men and Girls who Love Each Other More than Ease and Show and Sham:
"The thought of grocerying so casually at Seessel's evokes a giggle from Shirley"
— 1967, The New Yorker, volume 43, number 5, page 210:
"I was dependent upon others for grocerying and getting to doctor appointments."
— 2012, Hazel Rae Minnick, Living in My Shadow, page 93:
"Sample usage: "If you're going grocerying, pick up some GMO — you know, Goat's Milk, Organic. But it has to be non-GMO GMO.""
— [2016 July 19, “The word of the week: grocerying”, in StarTribune.com:
"Fifty-eight years of grocerying hotels, restaurants and institutions that feed many people"
— 1939, John Willy, Hotel Monthly, volume 47, number 550, page 59:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She visited the ____ store to buy milk and bread for dinner.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I need to stop at the ____ store on my way home to pick up some milk, eggs, and a loaf of fresh bread.