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She carried a sack of groceries in from the car and set it on the kitchen table.
b) Multiple retailers of groceries.There were two competing groceries in the neighborhood, but neither looked very profitable.
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groceries — [plural] ► the food that you buy in a store: »More people are buying their groceries online. Main Entry: ↑grocery … Financial and business terms
groceries — see GROCERY (Cf. grocery) … Etymology dictionary
Groceries — Grocery Gro cer*y, n.; pl. {Groceries}. [F. grosserie wholesale. See {Grocer}.] 1. The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense. [1913 Webster] A deal box … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
groceries — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. food, edibles, produce, comestibles, foodstuffs, perishables, vegetables, viands, staples, green groceries, produce, fruits, dairy products, processed foods, frozen foods, freeze dried foods, dried foods, desiccated foods,… … English dictionary for students
groceries — n pl See blow one s cookies/ doughnuts/groceries/lunch/grits … Contemporary slang
groceries — Synonyms and related words: baked goods, canned foods, canned goods, commissariat, commissary, dehydrated foods, food items, food supply, fresh foods, frozen foods, green goods, grocery, larder, packaged goods, produce, provender, provisions,… … Moby Thesaurus
groceries — gro|cer|ies [ grous(ə)riz ] noun plural food and other goods for the home that you buy regularly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
groceries — n. foods and other goods sold at a grocery gro·cer·y || grəʊsÉ™rɪ n. grocery store, store which sells food and other household goods; goods sold at a grocery … English contemporary dictionary
groceries — items of food sold in a grocer s shop or supermarket. → grocery … English new terms dictionary
groceries — n. pl. Grocers commodities. See grocery … New dictionary of synonyms
