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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: ready-to-eat food products [syn: delicatessen, delicatessen food]
2: a shop selling ready-to-eat food products [syn: delicatessen, deli, food shop]

Merriam Webster's

noun plural Etymology: obsolete German (now Delikatessen), plural of Delicatesse delicacy, from French délicatesse, probably from Old Italian delicatezza, from delicato delicate, from Latin delicatus Date: 1885 1. ready-to-eat food products (as cooked meats and prepared salads) 2. singular, plural delicatessens [delicatessen (store)] a store where delicatessen are sold

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a shop selling cooked meats, cheeses, and unusual or foreign prepared foods. 2 (often attrib.) such foods collectively (a delicatessen counter). Etymology: G Delikatessen or Du. delicatessen f. F délicatesse f. délicat (as DELICATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Delicatessen Del`i*ca*tes"sen, n. pl. [G., fr. F. d['e]licatesse.] Relishes for the table; dainties; delicacies. ``A dealer in delicatessen''. --G. H. Putnam.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(delicatessens) A delicatessen is a shop that sells high quality foods such as cheeses and cold meats that have been imported from other countries. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

appetizing store, bakery, bakeshop, bodega, butcher shop, creamery, dairy, deli, food shop, food store, fruit stand, grocery, grocery store, groceteria, health food store, meat market, pork store, superette, supermarket, vegetable store