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Word entry · 7 letters

grocery

Best crossword clue

"Food store item"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/Part of speech nounSorted cegorryStarts with GEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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...
  • 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...
  • We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start.

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