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grocery

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: grōs(ə)ri
  • London: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/
  • Canada, General-American: grōs(ə)ri
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃɹi/
  • Canada, General-American: grōʃri
  • US: /ˈɡɹoʊʃɹi/ Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈɡɹəʉs.(ə.)ɹi/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈɡɹɐʉs.(ə.)ɹi/
  • South-Asia: /ˈɡros(ə)ri/
  • South-Asia: /ɡrɔ-/
  • South-Asia: /-ʃ(ə)ri/
  • CMU ARPABET: G R OW1 S ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: G R OW1 S R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive

Examples

  • 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...

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: commodities, general goods, groceries, packaged goods

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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...

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: general store, greengrocer's, grocer's, grocery shop, grocery store, market, supermarket

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To go grocery shopping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To furnish with groceries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foodstuff

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: consumer goods

Narrower terms: greengrocery, packaged goods

6

noun

Meaning 6

a marketplace where groceries are sold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the grocery store included a meat market

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grocery store, food market, market

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marketplace, market place, mart, market

Narrower terms: greengrocery, supermarket

History

Etymology

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