grocery
Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
Noun 2 meanings
Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
“1854: Henry David Thoreau, Walden I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery, the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank...”
Verb 2 meanings
To go grocery shopping.
To furnish with groceries.
Etymology
From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.
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GROCERY at a glance
GROCERY has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (G 2 + R 1 + O 1 + C 3 + E 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,371 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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