groceries

UK/ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/US/ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/

nounA2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,362 of 15,258leans spoken

Groceries are the food and household goods you carry home from the supermarket. Buy the groceries, unpack the groceries, a bag of groceries.

The word is always plural in this sense, and it covers the whole shop rather than any one thing. A grocer once dealt in gross — in bulk — which is where the name comes from, so the trade was wholesale before it was retail.

Definitions of groceries

1noungroceriesFood and household goods bought from a shop.A2+
“Can you help me carry the groceries in from the car?”

groceries is shopping.

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groceries in the wild

Both Target and Walmart offer groceries in most branches in the U.S.
Big-box store
New Grand Mart provides a wide selection of Latin American and East Asian groceries and fresh produce.
New Grand Mart
Depending on the location of the store, it also offers varying amounts of Asian, Latino, African and traditional American groceries.
New Grand Mart
The retail model was to sell low-cost groceries with no expense incurred for display or marketing of products.
Plus (German supermarket)
Happy Shopper was a brand of budget-priced groceries and household products that was sold in the United Kingdom.
Happy Shopper

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