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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRO'CERY, n. A grocer's store.
1. The commodities sold by grocers; usually in the plural.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" [syn: grocery store, grocery, food market, market]
2: (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer [syn: grocery, foodstuff]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ceries) Date: 15th century 1. plural commodities sold by a grocer — usually sing. in Brit. usage 2. a grocer's store

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a grocer's trade or shop. 2 (in pl.) provisions, esp. food, sold by a grocer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. A deal box . . . to carry groceries in. --Goldsmith. The shops at which the best families of the neighborhood bought grocery and millinery. --Macaulay. 2. A retail grocer's shop or store. [U. S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(groceries) 1. A grocery or a grocery store is a grocer's shop. (mainly AM) N-COUNT 2. Groceries are foods you buy at a grocer's or at a supermarket such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods. N-PLURAL

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. [Eng.] Groceries. 2. [U. S.] Grocer's shop.

Moby Thesaurus

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