grocery

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grocery

/ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ UK
/ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ Canada, US
/ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃ(ə.)ɹi/ Canada, US
/ˈɡɹəʉs.(ə.)ɹi/ Australia
/ˈɡɹɐʉs.(ə.)ɹi/ New Zealand
/ˈɡros(ə)ri/ South Asia
/ɡrɔ-/ South Asia
/-ʃ(ə)ri/ South Asia

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From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.

noun groceries

attributive Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies. 1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the grocery trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition...
Similar: commodities, general goods, groceries, packaged goods
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...
Similar: general store, greengrocer's, grocer's, grocery shop, grocery store, market, supermarket

verb groceries · grocerying · groceried

intransitive To go grocery shopping. We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start.
transitive To furnish with groceries. Fifty-eight years of grocerying hotels, restaurants and institutions that feed many people

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Closest in meaning: grocery store, market, foodstuff, supermarket, grocer, storefront, store, shop, errand, shopping, supply, recharge, fuelling, alimentation, convenience, racing

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@misc{grocery_2026,
  title = {grocery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grocery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}